[ Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will remain behind bars as the Rust armorer awaits sentencing on her involuntary manslaughter conviction, a New Mexico judge ruled today. “Keep in mind there was a death that the jury determined was caused by her so I’m not releasing her,” said Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer in a virtual hearing on motions … Read more
[ Messages seeking comment about Wednesday’s verdict from Baldwin’s spokeswoman and a lawyer were not immediately returned. Prosecutors said at trial that Gutierrez-Reed unknowingly brought live ammunition onto the movie set, and it remained there for at least 12 days before the fatal shooting, giving the armorer plenty of time to remove it. In closing … Read more
[ A New Mexico jury on Wednesday found Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the indie Western. The jury decided the defendant was not guilty of evidence tampering The panel of seven women and five men returned their verdict in the … Read more
[ Rust director Joel Souza took the stand today in the trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, telling the court that he did not see who gave Alec Baldwin the firearm in the fatal on-set shooting. “I didn’t see anybody give it to him,” Souza said, emphasizing that there was “an enormous amount going on” in … Read more
[ Not sure if Cavalry Media needs someone to come to the rescue, but the shaky shingle may now see its whole house of alleged cards come tumbling down. Already trampled by financial ills, big-name exits and lawsuits related to the fatal 2021 shooting on Alec Baldwin’s Rust, the company run by Keegan Rosenberger and Ishan … Read more
[ Actor Alec Baldwin‘s manslaughter trial is set for July 10 for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the Western movie “Rust“, a New Mexico judge ruled on Monday. Should his case reach trial, it would be remarkable as Hollywood has little precedent for an actor being held criminally responsible … Read more
[ “We seemed to always be rushed and under the gun,” a key crew member on the troubled Rust film told a New Mexico jury today in the involuntary manslaughter trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed. Describing the Alec Baldwin starring Indie Western as “budgetarily restricted” and in a constant “state of chaos” dolly grip Ross … Read more
[ “Ms. Gutierrez was negligent on the set,” prosecutors bluntly told a Santa Fe jury today in the opening day of the trial of Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed for the fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on October 21, 2021. “We intend to call several witnesses to give testimony that she regularly failed to properly … Read more
[ Exactly one year to the day that Alec Baldwin was first charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the actor has been charged again. Widely expected for several months, a New Mexico Grand Jury issued the indictment early Friday, according to Special Prosecutors in the case. Baldwin, who had always … Read more
