The lawsuit alleges Seth Kenney and his PDQ Arm & Prop provided 'Rust' crew members on the film with a box labeled 'dummies' that contained live ammunition. Kenney has said he did not provide live ammo.
, who was in charge of safety on the Bonanza Creek Ranch set; and Gutierrez Reed, the production’s 24-year-old armorer, who was responsible for the guns, ammunition and gun safety.
The suit paints Gutierrez Reed as a low-level worker who was to be paid $7,500 for performing two jobs on “Rust” as the armorer in charge of weapons on the gun-heavy film and as assistant to the prop master. “These false representations caused live rounds to be introduced on set, resulting in a foreseeably catastrophic outcome, and causing damages to persons on the Rust set.”
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