Lawyer for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will seek to have her case dismissed after Alec Baldwin trial falls apart
An attorney for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer on the set of the film “Rust,” says he plans to file a motion early next week to have her case dismissed, citing misconduct by the prosecution that prompted the judge in the trial of Alec Baldwin to toss out his case.
An attorney for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer on the set of the film “Rust,” says he plans to file a motion early next week to have her case dismissed, citing misconduct by the prosecution that prompted the judge in the trial of Alec Baldwin to toss out his case.
“We are going to be filing on the same basis on discovery violations which have occurred throughout her case and continue to occur,” Gutierrez-Reed’s attorney Jason Bowles told NBC News hours after Baldwin’s dismissal. “Things that I learned today that happened, absolutely shocking.”
Gutierrez-Reed was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in March in the killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Baldwin was holding a prop gun on set when it fired a live round of ammunition that killed Hutchins on Oct. 21, 2021. He was charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter by New Mexico special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey and his trial started on Tuesday. He had pleaded not guilty.
Morrissey had claimed over the course of the brief trial that Baldwin was negligent in his handling of the firearm.
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