Actor Alec Baldwin is again facing charges related to the shooting of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021. Director Joel Souza was hospitalized and Hutchins was killed when the gun the actor was holding went off, although how the live ammunition ended up on the film set remains under investigation.
In January 2023, both Alec Baldwin and “Rust” actress Hannah Gutierrez-Reed were charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. In April 2023, charges against Baldwin were dropped pending further investigation. Gutierrez-Reed was charged with tampering with evidence after prosecutors claimed they found a witness who said he transferred narcotics to another individual on the day Halyna Hutchins was killed, hindering the police investigation. His trial, originally scheduled for December 2023, has been postponed to February 2024.
Halyna Hutchins’ Family ‘Looking Forward’ to Alec Baldwin’s Criminal Trial
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Less than an hour after involuntary manslaughter charges were refiled against Alec Baldwin, attorney Gloria Allred, who is representing Halyna Hutchins’ mother, father and sister in a civil suit against the “30 Rock” actor and another “Rust” producer, released a summary statement regarding the charges:
“Our clients continue to seek the truth about what happened the day Halyna Hutchins was tragically shot and killed on October 21, 2021. They continue to seek the truth in our civil lawsuit for them and they also want accountability in the criminal justice system. A grand jury has ruled that there is enough evidence to indict Alec Baldwin on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. We look forward to the criminal trial that will determine whether he should be convicted of the untimely death of Halyna, who is the daughter of our clients Olga Solovey and Anatolii Androsovych, the sister of Svetlana Zemko, and our client’s co-worker, Mamie Mitchell.”
Attorney Gloria Allred also represented Mamie Mitchell in a lawsuit against Alec Baldwin and other “Rust” producers.
Alec Baldwin Faces Renewed Charges in Involuntary Manslaughter Case
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A year after his initial charges were filed, actor Alec Baldwin has again been charged with involuntary manslaughter, which carries up to 18 months in prison if convicted.
According to the filing, which was presented by special prosecutors Kari T. Morrissey and Jason J. Lewis, Baldwin “caused the death of Halyna Hutchins by acts performed with complete disregard or indifference for the safety of others, and that act was such. that an ordinary person would expect that death might occur under those circumstances.”
“We look forward to our day in court,” Mr. Baldwin’s lawyers, Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro, said in a statement Friday, according to the New York Times.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s Trial Will Begin In February 2024
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As previously reported by The Blast, the legal team representing Hannah Gutierrez-Reed – attorneys Jason Bowles of the Bowles Law Firm and Todd J. Bullion of the Bullion Law Offices – have attempted to prevent prejudice among the jurors. potentially by limiting the jury pool to those who have not read about it in the media.
“As this Court is well aware, this case has generated intense publicity over the past year and a half,” the filing said. “There have been many statements made in the press about Ms. Gutierrez-Reed. Chances are some or most of the jurors will have heard or read something in the press.”
The court document goes on to state, “What defense attorneys are trying to avoid is a panel being prejudiced by jurors saying what they heard in front of other panelists,” explaining that “This is important to ensure a fair and impartial jury for Ms. . Gutierrez-Reed .” The state attorney did not oppose the motion.
His Legal Team Wants to Keep His Past Out of ‘Rust’ Trial
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According to court documents obtained by The Blast in mid-January, his legal team filed three separate motions trying to exclude evidence in the upcoming trial. One piece of evidence involved the death of her ex-boyfriend, who was drunk when she gave him the keys to his motorcycle. He later died in a motor vehicle accident. Although this event occurred before the “Rust” shooting, his legal team was concerned that the prosecution was trying to paint a picture of him as a “negligent or negligent person”.
“The facts of this motorcycle accident have no tendency to make the facts of consequence in determining the outcome of the instant case any more or less likely than without the evidence,” the filing said. “The motorcycle accident in a different state, which occurred more than a year before the date of the incident in this case, without any of the same people except Ms. Gutierrez Reed, is irrelevant to the case at hand. The fact that this incident did not involve Ms. Gutierrez Reed working as a shield or a film set adds to the irrelevance of this information. It will be of zero assistance to the jury in deciding the pending charges against Ms. Gutierrez Reed and should be dismissed.”
His legal team continued to speculate that “the Government may intend to use the motorcycle accident information to make a presumptive argument that Ms. Gutierrez Reed was negligent or negligent” and asked that the incident be excluded from the trial, citing him. lack of connection to “Rust” filming in October 2021.
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