He faces up to 18 months in prison at sentencing and the judge in the case ordered his preventive detention. Alec Baldwin will have his trial in July.
Hannah Gutierrez Reedthe gunsmith from the unfortunate movie “Rust”was convicted Wednesday of involuntary manslaughter in the death of the film’s director of photography, where she also faces charges Alec Baldwinwho fired the gun.
Jurors returned a verdict after less than three hours of deliberations Wednesday afternoon, following two weeks of testimony about security failures on the set.
Gutierrez Reed was acquitted of a separate charge of tampering with evidence. He faces up to 18 months in prison at the time of sentencing. After the verdict, the judge Mary Marlowe Summer ordered the preventive prison by Gutierrez Reed. While her lawyer, Mónica Barreras, rubbed her back to comfort her, the bailiffs took her away.
The tragic incident in the film ”Rust”, starring Alec Baldwin
He is the first person to be judged from the participants of the October 21, 2021 shoot on the film set at Bonanza Creek Ranch outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico. At the same time, Alec Baldwin will face his own manslaughter trial in July.
As the film’s gunsmith, Gutierrez Reed was responsible for the safe handling of weapons on set. She loaded a real bullet into Baldwin’s gun, which should have contained only fake bullets. The gun went off, killing Halyna Hutchins and seriously injuring the director Joel Souza.
To be convicted of the manslaughter charge, jurors had to agree that Gutierrez Reed acted with “intentional disregard for the safety of others” and that death was a consequence “foreseeable” of his actions.
Shortly before the verdict, jurors asked a question about what might constitute an “intermediate event” that would break the predictable chain of events. Marlowe Sommer said she could offer no explanation other than those contained in the jury instructions.
In her closing argument Wednesday morning, prosecutor Kari Morrissey argued that Gutierrez Reed’s actions They constituted a “surprising” failure to comply with industry safety practices.
She argued that Gutierrez Reed was responsible for bringing the real bullets to the set and that he never properly tested them to make sure they were fake.
Defense attorney Jason Bowles responded that a workplace safety investigation blamed management, in part, for not giving Gutierrez Reed adequate time to do his job. He also tried to blame Seth Kenneythe weapons supplier that provided blanks and dummy bullets to the production.
Source: Ambito
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