Vanessa Bryant is honoring her late husband Kobe Bryant.
04.08.2023 - 17:49 / variety.com
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The armorer on “Rust” waived her right to a preliminary hearing on Friday, clearing the path to take her to a trial on manslaughter charges. Hannah Gutierrez Reed is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021. Prosecutors allege she displayed criminal negligence when she accidentally loaded a live round into Alec Baldwin’s gun.
Hutchins was shot when the gun fired during preparation for a scene at the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe, N.M. Gutierrez Reed has also been charged with tampering with evidence, for allegedly handing off a bag of cocaine to someone else on the day of the shooting. If convicted of both charges, she faces up to three years in prison.
Prosecutors were expected to begin the preliminary hearing in the case next Wednesday at a courthouse in Santa Fe. At the hearing, they would have to call witnesses to prove there is enough evidence to take the case to trial. But Gutierrez Reed filed a waiver on Friday giving up her right to the hearing.
The case will proceed instead to trial. The defense often uses a preliminary hearing as an opportunity to cross-examine the state’s witnesses, testing the strength of the case and laying a record that can be useful at trial. The defense typically does not put on its own case.
In an email, Gutierrez Reed’s lawyer said that in New Mexico, the defense can conduct full pretrial interviews with state witnesses, which can also be used to test the state’s case. “It renders the preliminary hearing meaningless in a lot of ways,” said the attorney, Jason Bowles. “And the standard the prosecution must meet for a preliminary is exceedingly low, as opposed to the standards for trial.
Vanessa Bryant is honoring her late husband Kobe Bryant.
Well, this is completely effed. Sorry, but… Why does this work this way??
Alec Baldwin is still facing an uphill battle over Rust.
Vanessa Bryant is celebrating her late husband.
Facing a potential refiling of criminal charges in the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Alec Baldwin on Wednesday failed in an attempt to have a civil case over the tragedy dismissed.
Special prosecutors have not decided whether criminal charges will be refiled against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, but the actor this week is trying to stop crew members from the indie Western from taking him to court.
It turns out Alec Baldwin could be facing charges in the case of the Rust shooting after all.
The Los Angeles judge is the lawsuit filed by Rust gaffer Serge Svetnoy said today that he agrees with the lawyers for armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed that she should be dropped as a defendant on jurisdictional grounds.
Alec Baldwin could be facing charges once more in the fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Alec Baldwin’s involvement in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his Western film, “Rust”, is once again being called into question.
Alec Baldwin's involvement in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his Western film,, is once again being called into question.In April, involuntary manslaughter charges against Baldwin were dropped by the New Mexico District Attorney. Baldwin pleaded not guilty to the charges and has repeatedly insisted he did not pull the trigger on the gun, which discharged a live round and fatally wounded Hutchins, and injured director Joel Souza.The film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, also was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Alec Baldwin could once again face manslaughter charges, after a forensic report released Tuesday found that his Colt .45 revolver would only fire if the trigger was pulled. Baldwin was initially charged with involuntary manslaughter in the October 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. But the charge was dropped after the defense noted that the gun had been modified, which raised doubts about whether it was working properly at the time of the shooting.
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Halyna Hutchins was tragically killed on the set of in October 2021 when the prop gun Alec Baldwin was holding suddenly discharged, striking and killing the cinematographer and injuring director Joel Souza. In the months since tragedy struck in New Mexico, lawsuits were filed, criminal charges were filed — then dropped, for Baldwin — and allegations were made, including that the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, consumed alcohol and smoked marijuana during filming of the Western.Then, on June 29, 2023, prosecutors filed legal documents in the First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, claiming Gutierrez-Reed «transferred a 'small bag of cocaine'» to a witness it has been in contact with.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A New Mexico judge has scheduled the manslaughter trial in the “Rust” shooting to begin on Dec. 6. Hannah Gutierrez Reed, 26, faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence in connection with the accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
"Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed entered a not guilty plea Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence charges. In addition, District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer entered a scheduling order in the case and set the trial dates for Dec. 6-15, 2023.
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