Last Monday, April 15, the sentence of 18 months in prison was read to the weapons officer of the Alec Baldwin film in which the director of photography Halyna Hutchins died. Hannah Gutiérrez-Reed, 26, was responsible for loading the gun that the actor used in the filming of Rust, from which a bullet came out that killed Hutchins on October 21, 2021. The sentence reached just over a month after being found guilty of manslaughter.
Given this scenario, the question that more than one is asking is what sentence Alec Baldwin could receive if he were found guilty of the same charge in the trial that will begin in July. However, the actor's lawyers have already filed an appeal for the judge to dismiss the charges..
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What did the Prosecutor's Office say about the Alec Baldwin case?
According to the arguments of the Prosecutor's Office, The events that occurred on October 21, 2021 that ended Hutchins' life were the result of the carelessness with which Gutiérrez-Reed did his jobwhich involved handling the weapons and ammunition used during the filming of the western.
Especially, that day when she gave Baldwin the loaded revolver—according to her, with blanks—which the actor used to rehearse a scene in which his character had to draw the gun that was fired, wounding director Joel Souza in the shoulder and ended the life of the person in charge of the photograph.
According to La Nación, one of the fundamental elements that the judge used to set Gutiérrez-Reed's sentence were the calls that the defendant made from prison since she was declared guilty. In those communications, the gunsmith called the jurors who convicted her “idiots” and assured that the judge was abusing her power and that she had received bribes to make her the scapegoat for the entire case.
What did the judge say to the sentenced woman?
“You were the gunsmith, the person whose intervention made the difference between a safe weapon and one with the capacity to kill someone. You were solely responsible for turning a safe situation into a fatal moment. “If it weren't for you, Mrs. Hutchins would be alive, her husband would have her partner and a little child would have her mother,” he said. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer when reading the ruling. Gutiérrez-Reed based his defense on his young age — he was 24 years old when the events occurred — and the bad environment during filming.
Dave Halls, the film's security coordinator and assistant director, who gave Baldwin the loaded gun that day, accepted a plea deal with prosecutors last year and was sentenced to six months' probation.
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Now, The Prosecutor's Office prepares to prove that Baldwin is guilty of manslaughter for not having made sure that the gun they gave him that day was not loaded with real bullets, an accusation that the actor rejected from the beginning of the process.
The tragedy prompted many in Hollywood to call for a complete ban on the use of firearms on sets. However, industry insiders insist that there are clear rules to prevent these types of incidents and that, in this case, what happened was that those rules were not followed.
After the death of Hutchins, mother of a young child, filming on Rust was halted but was finally completed last year on location in Montana. At the moment it has not been announced when the film will premiere.
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