Prosecutors within the case towards “Rust” armourer Hannah Gutierrez Reed are asking she be sentenced to 18 months in jail – the utmost sentence within the involuntary manslaughter cost she was discovered responsible of – arguing she has demonstrated a “full and complete failure to just accept duty for her actions,” based on a court docket doc filed Friday.
Gutierrez Reed was discovered responsible of involuntary manslaughter in March in relation to the dying of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Hutchins was killed in October 2021 by a dwell spherical of ammunition fired from a prop gun held by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of “Rust.” She was additionally acquitted of a separate cost of proof tampering.
Gutierrez Reed, who was liable for firearm security and storage on the film’s set, is about to be sentenced Monday. Together with going through the utmost time in jail, Gutierrez Reed additionally faces a $5,000 fantastic as a part of the sentence.
She was the primary individual to face trial in a case that highlighted the film business’s security requirements – and this particular set’s violations of them. Through the trial, prosecutors argued Gutierrez Reed repeatedly violated security protocol on set and acted negligently and with out warning in performing her duties as armourer, and that her actions in the end led to Hutchins’ dying.
Like Gutierrez Reed, Baldwin, who was holding the weapon, is now additionally going through an involuntary manslaughter cost in Hutchins’ dying.
Particular prosecutors in New Mexico in a current authorized submitting claimed Baldwin’s habits on set contributed to “security compromises” that led to the deadly taking pictures. The submitting was in response to Baldwin’s workforce asking in March to have the indictment towards him dismissed.
In January, Baldwin pleaded not responsible to an involuntary manslaughter cost within the taking pictures.
In a sentencing memorandum filed earlier this week, Gutierrez Reed’s lawyer requested a conditional discharge as she lacked a previous prison historical past and has a “report of prior good works.”
CNN has sought remark from Gutierrez Reed’s lawyer.
The particular prosecutor’s workplace cited summaries of a few of her jailhouse calls as one of many the explanation why Gutierrez Reed needs to be given the utmost sentence.
Within the calls, prosecutors say she blamed Hutchins’ dying on the set medic and paramedics and claimed the choose and particular prosecutor’s workplace conspired towards her, together with calling the jurors derogatory names. Primarily based on the timeline of one of many jailhouse calls, the particular prosecutors additionally suspect Gutierrez Reed drank alcohol, which might have been a violation of her launch, they stated.
CNN has requested the prosecutor’s workplace for the complete transcripts and recordings of the calls.
Gutierrez Reed can also be going through an unrelated cost of illegal carrying of a firearm in a licensed liquor institution after she snuck a gun right into a bar after which made a video about it within the rest room, the court docket submitting says. The case remains to be pending, based on court docket data.
