Alec Baldwin’s Involuntary Manslaughter Trial To Start In July; ‘Rust’ Actor/Producer Faces 18 Months Behind Bars If Found Guilty

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Alec Baldwin was offered a deal last October to plead to a misdemeanor — and apparently serve no jail time — in the accidental shooting on the set of “Rust,” according to a filing made public on Friday. But before he could decide whether to accept the terms, prosecutors withdrew the offer and told his lawyers they would seek to indict him, the filing states. Baldwin was indicted in January on a felony charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, and now faces up to 18 months in prison if convicted at trial in July.

Alec Baldwin wants the involuntary manslaughter charge against him in the Rust case dismissed — because he says the prosecutor is biased!

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Less than six months before Alec Baldwin is set to go on trial for involuntary manslaughter over the on-set 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the actor who steadfastly claims he never pulled the trigger says prosecutors “have stacked the deck” against him.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Alec Baldwin‘s lawyers asked a judge on Thursday to throw out his manslaughter case, accusing prosecutors of “violating nearly every rule in the book” in the course of obtaining the indictment. The attorneys argued that prosecutors leaked information to the press, failed to present exculpatory evidence to the grand jury, and gave a faulty jury instruction on involuntary manslaughter that “stacked the deck” against Baldwin. “Enough is enough,” the lawyers wrote.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the “Rust” armorer convicted last week in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, will be sentenced on April 15, a judge ruled Wednesday. Gutierrez Reed faces a maximum of 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter. A jury in Santa Fe, N.M., found her guilty after a two-week trial, in which prosecutors argued that her negligence led to “astonishing” failures of safety.

Found guilty of involuntary manslaughter last week out of the fatal 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, former Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed  will find out her incarceration fate in just over a month.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The producers of the Alec Baldwin film “Rust” are nine months late in paying the widower and son of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed in a gun accident on set in 2021, according to a recent court filing. Baldwin and the other producers announced a settlement of the family’s wrongful death lawsuit in October 2022. The terms, finalized in March 2023, provided for completion of “Rust” and payments to the Hutchins estate, including insurance funds and a portion of the profits.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer When the “Rust” trial began two weeks ago, Mary Carmack-Altwies, the district attorney in Santa Fe, N.M., sent a campaign message to supporters. In it, she made it clear that the case is not just about Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the young armorer who was convicted Wednesday in the 2021 gun accident that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Without naming him, the D.A.

Rust has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter.On October 21, 2021 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot and director Joel Souza was injured on the set of the film, when a live round was discharged from a revolver being used as a prop by Alec Baldwin.The weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed had been on trial charged with involuntary manslaughter, to which she pled not guilty. Baldwin will be on trial for the same charges in July and has also pleaded his innocence.After three hours of deliberations yesterday (March 6), the jury convicted Gutierrez-Reed, but found her not guilty of tampering with evidence.

A movie armourer has been found guilty of handing Alex Baldwin a good containing real bullets moments before Rust filmmaker Halyna Hutchins was shot dead.

Three years after the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust, a jury has reached their verdict for armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.

The verdict is in for Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer on the ill-fated Western film “Rust,” was convicted on Wednesday of involuntary manslaughter in the death of the film’s cinematographer. Jurors returned a verdict after less than three hours of deliberations on Wednesday afternoon, following two weeks of testimony about safety lapses on set. Gutierrez Reed was acquitted of a separate charge of tampering with evidence.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Attorneys gave their closing arguments in the “Rust” trial in Santa Fe, N.M., on Wednesday, with the prosecution urging jurors to find Hannah Gutierrez Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter and to hold her accountable for an “astonishing” lack of gun safety on the film set. Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey argued that as the film’s armorer, Gutierrez Reed, was in charge of guns on set, and that it was her failure to tell the difference between dummies and live rounds that led to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. “This was a game of Russian roulette every time an actor had a gun with dummies,” Morrissey said.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed had  a  “complete lack of understanding of her role of safety on this movie set,” declared the prosecution in their closing argument today in the Rust’s armorer’s involuntary manslaughter trial for the fatal October 21, 20201 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer An OSHA investigator testified on Tuesday that “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed was not given enough time to make sure that there were no live rounds on set. Lorenzo Montoya was the first witness called by the defense in the involuntary manslaughter trial underway in Santa Fe, N.M. Gutierrez Reed is accused of causing the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by loading a live round into Alec Baldwin‘s gun.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s trial for involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on October 21, 2021 could see an industry veteran take the stand later this week.

Rust has recalled the moment he was shot by Alec Baldwin with a prop gun in court at the trial of the film’s weapons supervisor.Joel Souza was hospitalised after he was hit by the same bullet that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set in Santa Fe in October 2021. He did not press any legal charges.Weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is on trial charged with involuntary manslaughter, to which she is pleading not guilty.

“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 shooting incident.