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Re: 'Rust' Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Loses Bid To Get Involuntary Manslaughter Case Tossed As Trial Looms
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Feb 16, 2024, 2:35:35 PMFeb 16
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On 12 Mar 2022, Rudy Canoza <notg...@gmail.com> posted some
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> Her pussy wasn't good enough to keep her out of jail.
A week before Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is set to go to trial for the fatal
2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the movie’s former
armorer has failed in her latest effort to have the case dismissed.
“I find that the communications are not materially prejudicial to the
defendant,” New Mexico Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer ruled in swatting away
the defense’s motion that Gutierrez-Reed’s case has been polluted, citing
the sharing of a detailed report full of private correspondence by the
armorer with a state witness. “I’m denying the motion.”
Gutierrez-Reed’s trial is set to start February 21 in Santa Fe, NM.
Although Rust star-producer Alec Baldwin was re-charged with manslaughter
claims by a New Mexico grand jury January 19, a year to the day he was
originally charged over Hutchins’ death on the Bonanza Creek Ranch set, no
trial date has been scheduled in his case. Baldwin entered a not guilty
plea January 31. There is a virtual status hearing on his case on the
court docket for February 20.
Having pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and
tampering with evidence, Gutierrez-Reed faces up to three years behind
bars if convicted.
Hutchins was killed when a 1880s prop gun held by Baldwin shot her at
point-blank range while rehearsing a scene on October 21, 2021. In charge
of firearms on the set of the indie Western, Gutierrez-Reed handed the gun
containing live rounds to assistant director David Halls. Halls declared
the gun “clear” and gave it to Baldwin. Minutes later, as the rehearsal
was underway, Hutchins and director Joel Souza were both shot. Hutchins
died not long afterwards. Souza recovered.
How live rounds got on the set of Rust remains a mystery more than two
years after the shooting.
However, special prosecutors Kerri Morrisey and Jason Lewis have indicated
quite heavily they believe Gutierrez-Reed knows more than she is saying.
First charged with manslaughter in early 2023, the inexperienced armorer
saw evidence tampering charges added when she refused to provide more
information about the live rounds. Unlike the initial stumbling probe into
the shooting, the special prosecutors appointed last year have dug deep
into alleged drug use by Gutierrez-Reed as a possible explanation for at
least the oversight of the fatal live rounds getting on the Rust set.
In a hearing Wednesday, Judge Sommer also rejected defense lawyer Jason
Bowles’ attempt to bring a seasoned industry armorer on board as a witness
at the eleventh hour. In a virtual hearing, Morrisey called the request to
allow the new witness or to push the trial back “absolutely outrageous.”
The judge agreed, and also agreed that the prosecution can speak before
the jury in a somewhat limited fashion on Gutierrez-Reed’s alleged
indulgence in cocaine and other narcotics, as well as her heavy drinking
on the troubled set.
Bowles did not respond to a request for comment on the results of
Wednesday’s hearing, though it was evident he was not happy with the
outcome and is considering further filings on the matters.
While the issues of Hutchins’ death remain unresolved, Rust the film is
done.
With Baldwin and Souza back in their respective hyphenated positions, the
movie was resurrected in April of last year with production moved to the
Yellowstone Film Ranch in Montana. Hutchins’ widower Matthew dropped a
wrongful-death suit against Baldwin and the film’s producers and became a
producer himself on Rust 2.0 as well as on a documentary about his wife.
Gutierrez-Reed was not invited to rejoin the film.
Baldwin is looking at a maximum of 18 months behind bars and around $5,000
in fines if found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter charge. The Emmy-
winning actor is also facing a number of Rust civil cases in both
California and New Mexico.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rust-armorer-hannah-gutierrez-reed-
004220268.html
news:0p7XJ.128982$7F2.1...@fx12.iad:
> Her pussy wasn't good enough to keep her out of jail.
A week before Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is set to go to trial for the fatal
2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the movie’s former
armorer has failed in her latest effort to have the case dismissed.
“I find that the communications are not materially prejudicial to the
defendant,” New Mexico Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer ruled in swatting away
the defense’s motion that Gutierrez-Reed’s case has been polluted, citing
the sharing of a detailed report full of private correspondence by the
armorer with a state witness. “I’m denying the motion.”
Gutierrez-Reed’s trial is set to start February 21 in Santa Fe, NM.
Although Rust star-producer Alec Baldwin was re-charged with manslaughter
claims by a New Mexico grand jury January 19, a year to the day he was
originally charged over Hutchins’ death on the Bonanza Creek Ranch set, no
trial date has been scheduled in his case. Baldwin entered a not guilty
plea January 31. There is a virtual status hearing on his case on the
court docket for February 20.
Having pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and
tampering with evidence, Gutierrez-Reed faces up to three years behind
bars if convicted.
Hutchins was killed when a 1880s prop gun held by Baldwin shot her at
point-blank range while rehearsing a scene on October 21, 2021. In charge
of firearms on the set of the indie Western, Gutierrez-Reed handed the gun
containing live rounds to assistant director David Halls. Halls declared
the gun “clear” and gave it to Baldwin. Minutes later, as the rehearsal
was underway, Hutchins and director Joel Souza were both shot. Hutchins
died not long afterwards. Souza recovered.
How live rounds got on the set of Rust remains a mystery more than two
years after the shooting.
However, special prosecutors Kerri Morrisey and Jason Lewis have indicated
quite heavily they believe Gutierrez-Reed knows more than she is saying.
First charged with manslaughter in early 2023, the inexperienced armorer
saw evidence tampering charges added when she refused to provide more
information about the live rounds. Unlike the initial stumbling probe into
the shooting, the special prosecutors appointed last year have dug deep
into alleged drug use by Gutierrez-Reed as a possible explanation for at
least the oversight of the fatal live rounds getting on the Rust set.
In a hearing Wednesday, Judge Sommer also rejected defense lawyer Jason
Bowles’ attempt to bring a seasoned industry armorer on board as a witness
at the eleventh hour. In a virtual hearing, Morrisey called the request to
allow the new witness or to push the trial back “absolutely outrageous.”
The judge agreed, and also agreed that the prosecution can speak before
the jury in a somewhat limited fashion on Gutierrez-Reed’s alleged
indulgence in cocaine and other narcotics, as well as her heavy drinking
on the troubled set.
Bowles did not respond to a request for comment on the results of
Wednesday’s hearing, though it was evident he was not happy with the
outcome and is considering further filings on the matters.
While the issues of Hutchins’ death remain unresolved, Rust the film is
done.
With Baldwin and Souza back in their respective hyphenated positions, the
movie was resurrected in April of last year with production moved to the
Yellowstone Film Ranch in Montana. Hutchins’ widower Matthew dropped a
wrongful-death suit against Baldwin and the film’s producers and became a
producer himself on Rust 2.0 as well as on a documentary about his wife.
Gutierrez-Reed was not invited to rejoin the film.
Baldwin is looking at a maximum of 18 months behind bars and around $5,000
in fines if found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter charge. The Emmy-
winning actor is also facing a number of Rust civil cases in both
California and New Mexico.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rust-armorer-hannah-gutierrez-reed-
004220268.html
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