Alec Baldwin Is Sued by 'Rust' Gaffer Serge Svetnoy for Negligence
Alec Baldwin is being sued in the wake of the fatal shooting. Serge Svetnoy, the chief electrician on the set of , is suing Baldwin, as well as armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, assistant director David Halls, and others, over the on-set shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.According to court docs obtained by multiple outlets, Svetnoy is claiming the defendants' alleged negligence caused him severe emotional distress in the aftermath of the incident, in which Baldwin discharged a gun being used as a prop, leading to Hutchins' death and Souza's injury.Svetnoy claims the bullet that struck both Hutchins and Souza nearly hit him too, additionally alleging that he was the one who tried to comfort the