Lawyers for the actor Alec Baldwin and other producers behind the film “Rest” filed a motion Monday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the film’s script supervisor, who was steps away from the actor on the film set in New York. Mexico was standing when he fatally shot a cameraman.
The script’s supervisor, Mamie Mitchell, said in her lawsuit filed last year that she was standing nearby when the gun fired a sharp bullet that killed the cameraman, Halyna Hutchins, and the film’s director, Joel Souza. , injured. Mitchell then ran out of the wooden church set that had set the scene for the scene and called 911.
The lawsuit alleged that Ms. Mitchell suffered “severe physical trauma and shock and injury to her nervous system and person” as a result of her proximity to the shooting. It accused Baldwin of “deliberately, without due cause or excuse,” cocking and firing the revolver in a scene that didn’t ask for it.
In Monday’s lawsuit, attorneys for Mr. Baldwin wrote that he could not have intentionally fired a live bullet from the gun because shortly before it fired, the film’s first assistant director yelled “cold gun,” indicating that the old-fashioned revolver used as a prop did not contain live bullets and should have been safe to handle.
“It is completely illogical for Plaintiff to allege that Defendant Mr. Baldwin received a prop gun that everyone, including Plaintiff and Defendant, Mr. Baldwin, expected it to be “cold,” while at the same time claiming that Mr. Baldwin was intentional by accidentally firing a firearm. live around,” the submission said.
Mr Baldwin said in a televised interview last year that he had not pulled the trigger on the gun while practicing on set that day. He said he didn’t fully cock the gun’s hammer, but pulled it back and released it in an action that might have set it off.
The filing of the attorneys of Mr. Baldwin and the production also claimed that Ms. Mitchell did not qualify as a complaint under the New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Act.
The lawsuit of Mrs. Mitchell focused more on manufacturing because of making a series of what she called “cost-cutting measures,” including hiring 24-year-old gunsmith, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was just beginning her career as a chief gunsmith. in the industry. Ms. Gutierrez-Reed’s attorney has said she was committed to safety on set; she filed her own lawsuit against the film’s gun and ammunition supplier.
The production lawsuit file stated that the allegations made by Ms. Mitchell were based on “a list of things she should or shouldn’t have done in hindsight” to ensure safety on set; the production’s attorneys argued that her case was insufficient and should be dismissed.
