Overview
- - A Los Angeles judge cleared gaffer Serge Svetnoy’s negligence lawsuit to go before a jury in October, with the parties still able to settle beforehand.
- - Svetnoy alleges Baldwin acted negligently, says a live round flew past his face, and recounts holding cinematographer Halyna Hutchins as she lay dying.
- - The suit cites claimed safety lapses, including live ammunition on set and Baldwin pointing the gun at a person during the October 2021 rehearsal.
- - Prosecutors dropped Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial in July 2024 after the defense accused them of withholding evidence, while the armorer was convicted and sentenced to 18 months.
- - Hutchins’ husband previously settled with Baldwin and producers, and the new civil trial could renew scrutiny of on‑set gun protocols and producers’ safety duties.