Rust movie armourer Hannah Gutierrez in court docket over movie set demise ‘suffered important substance abuse downside’
The armourer on the Rust movie set the place cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot lifeless by Alec Baldwin’s prop gun has made her first court docket look.
Hannah Gutierrez, 25, appeared by way of video hyperlink in entrance of a New Mexico decide, the place she was learn the felony prices in opposition to her and knowledgeable of her rights.
Gutierrez is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter within the demise of 42-year-old Ms Hutchins in 2021, and one depend of tampering with proof.
Both counts carry a most penalty of 18 months in jail.
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot lifeless in 2021. Pic: Swen Studios
State prosecutors filed the newest cost of proof tampering in June.
They declare Gutierrez transferred narcotics to a different particular person “with the intent to prevent the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of herself”.
Witnesses instructed investigators Gutierrez “was drinking heavily and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the shooting of Rust,” the prosecutors’ submitting stated.
Gutierrez’s lawyer Jason Bowles known as the submitting “shocking… with no evidence to support it” in an announcement on the time.
Alec Baldwin on the set of Rust. Pic: Sante Fe Police
In Wednesday’s court docket look, New Mexico particular prosecutor Kari Morrissey instructed the court docket she has proof Gutierrez has suffered “a significant substance abuse problem” and requested that she undergoes random drug testing to satisfy the circumstances of her launch.
Mr Bowles stated he opposed this and had seen no such proof.
New Mexico decide Mary Marlowe Sommer denied the state’s request for drug testing, calling it an “ambush to Mr Bowles”.
The subsequent listening to within the case is scheduled for 1 August 2023, forward of a preliminary trial.
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Alec Baldwin (L) on set after filming resumed in April
Ms Hutchins died on 21 October 2021 throughout filming on the Bonanza Creek Ranch close to Santa Fe.
Filming on Rust restarted in April this year on the Yellowstone Film Ranch in Montana, and Baldwin is reprising his position as the primary character.
Involuntary manslaughter prices in opposition to Mr Baldwin were formally dropped on 21 April 2023.
Ms Hutchins’s husband Matthew Hutchins is now an govt producer on the movie, and has settled a wrongful demise lawsuit in opposition to Mr Baldwin and Rust Movie Productions out of court docket.
Marcel The Shell cinematographer Bianca Cline was employed to finish the challenge, and is donating her wage to charity in Ms Hutchins’ reminiscence.