A medic who worked on the set of Alec Baldwin’s movie “Rust” filed a lawsuit against several crew members.
The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper reported Cherlyn Schaefer’s 29-page complaint was filed on Friday and accuses nine defendants of negligence, including assistant director, David Halls, armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, Rust Movie Productions, and Bonanza Creek Ranch, the location of the movie.
The outlet noted Alec Baldwin is not named as a defendant. On the set of the movie, Baldwin discharged a prop gun, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza.
In her complaint, Schaefer said she was the “key medic” on set and “fought desperately” but ultimately could not save Hutchins’ life.
She allegedly “suffered tremendous shock, trauma and severe emotional distress” during the event, affecting “all aspects of her life and has medically prevented her from returning to her chosen profession.”
The lawsuit claims Reed and prop master Sarah Zachry did not ensure there were no live rounds in the weapon, as the newspaper reported.
According to the lawsuit, at one point, they “mixed rounds of ammunition from different boxes together and transported the mixed ammunition loose in fanny packs.”
Last month, Gutierrez-Reed sued prop distributor Seth Kenney, as IJR reported.
“Defendants distributed boxes of ammunition purporting to contain dummy rounds, but which contained a mix of dummy and live ammunition to the Rust production,” the lawsuit states.
It continues, “Hannah and the entire Rust movie crew relied on the Defendants’ misrepresentation that they provided only dummy ammunition. In so doing, Defendants created a dangerous condition on the movie set, unbeknownst to Hannah Gutierrez Reed, which caused a foreseeable risk of injury to numerous people.”
During an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, Baldwin claimed he “didn’t pull the trigger.”
On Monday, the actor posted a video to Instagram sharing his experience returning to work following the shooting, as IJR reported.
