Alec Baldwin was called out for making an appearance at a taping of Dancing with the Stars to watch his wife, Hilaria Baldwin, perform while refusing to appear for a deposition over the Rust shooting, Us Weekly can report. On November 12, a lawyer for Serge Svetnoy, a gaffer on the 2024 film who has been attempting to take Alec's deposition since March, wrote, "In every instance, [Alec and the other defendants] claimed to be unavailable or simply refused to testify." Svetnoy claimed there have been multiple postponements due to the actor's "requests for professional accommodations.