Rust’s script supervisor filed the lawsuit on Wednesday denying that the script ever involved the need for Baldwin to fire the shot that killed the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
She says the actor “chose to play Russian roulette with a loaded gun without checking it and without having the armorer do so.
His behaviour and that of the producers were intentional acts and/or omissions, without any just cause or excuse and with utter disregard of the consequences”.
The script supervisor says he was standing less than 4 feet away from Baldwin when the incident occurred and has “sustained serious physical trauma and shock and injury”.
The other people accused include the film’s armorer, the assistant director and several production companies.
The new development comes only a week after Rust’s head of lighting filed a lawsuit against Baldwin and others for negligence that resulted in him suffering from “severe emotional distress”.
Some attorneys have suggested the possibility of the film being sabotaged but district attorney investigating the incident rejects the conspiracy theories.
