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The film ranch "Bonanza Creek Ranch" in Santa Fe
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Less than three months after the death of a camerawoman while shooting a film with Hollywood star Alec Baldwin, an employee sued a prop master.
The civil law suit of the gun master was received on Wednesday, announced the competent court in the US state New Mexico.
The dpa news agency has received the application.
The gun master's lawsuit is directed against a man who supplied props, including ammunition, for the shooting of the western "Rust". In addition to harmless dummy cartridges, there were live ammunition in a box that was designated as a container for harmless "dummies", is the allegation. The prop company had denied the delivery of live ammunition in the Los Angeles Times in November.
In the incident during the filming of the low-budget western "Rust" at a film ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 42-year-old head camerawoman Halyna Hutchins was fatally injured on October 21. Director Joel Souza was hit in the shoulder. Alec Baldwin, who is working as a lead actor and producer on the film, fired the gun during rehearsal for a scene. Investigations revealed that there was a real bullet in the Colt.
Police investigations are continuing.
The lawyers of the gun master in focus had brought »sabotage« into play in November.
Someone could have put a live ammunition bullet in a box of harmless dummy cartridges to sabotage the shoot, lawyer Jason Bowles said in a TV interview at the time.
The gun master had denied allegations of negligence on the set.
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