Alec Baldwin and the film’s producers. Oxideis being sued by his prop weapons supplier.
Seth Kenney, owner of PDQ Arm and Prop, LLC, supplied the prop gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the neo-Western film in New Mexico in 2021, and has alleged that the team “conspired” to launch a “scapegoating smear campaign” against him and his company.
In a complaint filed Oct. 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 that he has had difficulty finding work in the film industry since then, but has chosen not to have legal representation.
In the document, he states that his “firearm rental property was in good working order” before the tragedy.
Kenney states that he rented 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 laws.”
It is pertinent to mention that Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a scene when the gun he was carrying went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
He insists he did not pull the trigger on the gun or know why it contained live ammunition.
The 67-year-old actor faced a charge of involuntary manslaughter, which was dismissed by the judge in 2024.
Gunsmith Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March last year after being found guilty of manslaughter for loading a live bullet into Alec’s gun and received a 14-month prison sentence.
