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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Rust's prop gun supplier is suing Alec Baldwin and the producers of the film

    Seth Kenney, who owns PDQ Arm and Prop, LLC, supplied the prop gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the neo-Western movie in New Mexico in 2021, and he has alleged that the team "conspired" to launch a "scapegoat smear campaign" against him and his company.


    In a complaint filed on October 22 in New Mexico, Kenney accused Baldwin and the producers of "false light, conversion, unjust enrichment, and tortious interference."

    He is seeking compensation and damages, claiming he's struggled to find work in the film industry since, but has chosen not to have a legal representative.

    In the document, he claims his "firearm rental property was in good working order" before the tragedy.

    Kenney states that he rented out the prop "under the provisions of strict safety guidelines and practices; and with the understanding that [producers] would observe and comply with local, state, and federal law."

    Baldwin was rehearsing a scene when the gun he was holding discharged, killing Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza.

    He is adamant that he did not pull the trigger of the gun or know why it contained live ammunition.

    The 67-year-old actor faced an involuntary manslaughter charge, which was thrown out by the judge in 2024. Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March last year after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for loading a live round into Alec's gun and was handed a 14-month prison sentence.

    Kenney is not happy and has claimed they "violated the rental agreement by allowing the loading, illegal concealment, and discharge of a live round of ammunition."

    Kenney claims he has been left with "egregious financial damage and emotional trauma", adding that he has faced "ruinous financial losses, injury to reputation within the film community and public at large, severe emotional distress, and significant loss of past, present, and future financial income."

    In an interview with Variety, he said: "It's been devastating.

    "It's not a matter of saving face. There's nothing left to lose. This whole thing has been s***, and I have been the scapegoat."

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