Alec Baldwin has been criticised in legal documents for visiting the Dancing with the Stars set while refusing to sit for a deposition.
Alec Baldwin has been criticised for visiting the Dancing with the Stars set while refusing to sit for a deposition.
The 67-year-old actor had been asked to sit for a formal interview by lawyers acting for Serge Svetnoy, a gaffer on the movie Rust, since March but has maintained he is unavailable for several months, despite taking the time to travel to Los Angeles to watch wife Hilaria Baldwin perform on the ABC dance competition.
Serge’s lawyer wrote in documents obtained by Us Weekly: “In every instance, [Alec and the other defendants] claimed to be unavailable or simply refused to testify.”
Serge claimed there have been multiple postponements due to the former 30 Rock star’s “requests for professional accommodations.”.
But he pointed out: “Despite claiming to have work commitment throughout most of September 2025, Alec, 67, would travel to and appear in Los Angeles, California, at the taping of an episode of Dancing With the Stars to support his wife.”
His lawyer added, “What has [Alec] done in the past 6 months to move this deposition forward? [Svetnoy] has been patient and has cooperated with [Alec’s] counsel at every turn. This cannot be disputed. But as the saying widely attributed to Albert Einstein goes, ‘The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.’ [Svetnoy] now moves [to] break this cycle of insanity.”
Alec had previously asked the court to order that he only has to sit for one deposition, which could be used in both the gaffer’s lawsuit and another lawsuit relating to the fatal shooting on the set of Rust.
The Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation star had been holding a prop gun when it discharged, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza.
Serge took legal action against Alec- who has denied pulling the trigger – in 2021, accusing him of causing emotional distress because he was traumatised by seeing his friend fatally shot.
The Boss Baby star has denied all allegations of wrongdoing.
In court documents filed by Alec’s lawyers, his attorney said: “An accidental shooting took the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a movie set just outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico…
“Svetnoy filed this lawsuit, alleging injuries based solely on his being close by when the prop gun went off and the live round — which should not have been in the gun and for which those responsible for it had just told Mr. Baldwin that it was unloaded — traveled in front of [Svetnoy].”
A criminal case against him was dropped in July 2024 after the court determined alleged misconduct from producers.
Alec Baldwin criticised for failing to sit for deposition
