'Rust' Armorer Sues Production's Ammo Supplier, Claims She Could Have Prevented Fatal Accident If Al
Source: The Wrap
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Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer on set of “Rust,” is suing the film’s ammo supplier, Seth Kenney and PDQ Arm and Prop, while further claiming that she could have prevented the fatal accident that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins if she was allowed in to the rehearsal space.
Gutierrez-Reed in her lawsuit, filed Wednesday by her attorney Jason Bowles in New Mexico district court, alleged that he supplied “Rust” with a mix of live rounds and dummy rounds that led to the accident on set. She also suggests that Kenney had access to the set and knew the code to the gun safe. She’s seeking a jury trial.
“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 reads. “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.”
In speaking with the police in October, Kenney suggested he had an idea where the live rounds may have come from and was cooperating with authorities when a new search warrant was issued to investigate an ammo can that may have been present at PDQ Arm and Prop and could have matched ammunition that was used in the accident. However, he has denied in an interview with ABC News that the live rounds came from him and that all rounds are rattle tested before being sent to film sets.
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