Three years after the deadly capturing of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust, a jury has reached their verdict for armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.
As you understand, the 26-year-old was charged with involuntary manslaughter and tampering with proof final yr after the Rust star/producer Alec Baldwin unknowingly fired a stay spherical that killed the 42-year-old cinematographer. Director Joel Souza was additionally injured within the incident.
Gutierrez-Reed entered a plea of not responsible, and her trial started final month, with prosecutors making surprising allegations concerning the armorer, together with how she could have been on cocaine through the horrible accident. Now, after weeks in courtroom, her destiny has been revealed.
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In line with Individuals on Wednesday, a jury on the First Judicial District Courthouse in Santa Fe, New Mexico, discovered Gutierrez-Reed… GUILTY of involuntary manslaughter! She was, nonetheless, acquitted of tampering with proof.
With this conviction, she faces as much as 18 months in jail! However we don’t know when that call will probably be made as a sentencing date has not been scheduled.
Choose Mary Marlowe Sommer has ordered Gutierrez-Reed to stay in custody on the Santa Fe County Grownup Detention Heart. In fact, the authorized matter over Halyna’s demise isn’t over but, as we nonetheless have one other trial to undergo. Alec, who was re-charged with involuntary manslaughter, will seem in courtroom on August 6. He has maintained his innocence all through the ordeal, insisting he by no means pulled the set off on the gun, and has since pleaded not responsible.
We’ll have to attend and see how his trial seems. Reactions to the decision? Are you shocked by this end result? Sound OFF within the feedback!
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