Gun supplier claims he's been scapegoated by Alec Baldwin and others on 'Rust' set

The man who supplied guns and blank ammo to makers of the ill-fated Western film "Rust" filed a lawsuit in New Mexico against Alec Baldwin, producers and other movie employees, claiming they've scapegoated him for the deadly on-set shooting four years ago

The man who supplied guns and blank ammo to makers of the ill-fated Western film "Rust" filed a lawsuit in New Mexico against Alec Baldwin, producers and other movie employees, claiming they've scapegoated him for the deadly on-set shooting four years ago.

Seth Kenney, owner of PDQ Arm & Prop, said Baldwin and other defendants have wrongly cast him as the man responsible for the accidental death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and the wounding of director Joel Souza on Oct. 21, 2021.

"Defendants, individually and collectively, in an effort to distance themselves from the 'Rust' criminal investigation and onslaught of negative publicity, conspired to paint Plaintiffs in a nation-wide false light scapegoat smear campaign," according to Kenney's complaint filed last week in Santa Fe.

Seth Kenney testifies during Alec Baldwin's trial in 2024.Ramsay de Give / Pool via Getty Images fileMore specifically, Kenney claims he's been wrongly identified as the source of a live round that found its way into the weapon that was in Baldwin's hands on the day he was rehearsing a scene inside a rustic church.

“Defendants, individually and collectively, knew or should have known, like any reasonable person; that broadcasting a completely false narrative associated with death and injury, would be highly offensive,” according to Kenney.