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Alec Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter for the deadly taking pictures of Halyna Hutchins on the set of his film Rust, prosecutors introduced on Thursday, January 19.
The Emmy winner, 64, and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will each be charged with involuntary manslaughter, based on New Mexico First Judicial District Lawyer Mary Carmack-Altwies. David Halls, Rust‘s first assistant director, agreed to plead responsible to negligent use of a lethal weapon.
“If any certainly one of these three folks — Alec Baldwin, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed or David Halls — had achieved their job, Halyna Hutchins could be alive in the present day,” particular prosecutor Andrea Reeb stated in an announcement. “It’s that straightforward. The proof clearly reveals a sample of legal disregard for security on the Rust movie set. In New Mexico, there is no such thing as a room for movie units that don’t take our state’s dedication to gun security and public security critically.”
Halyna Hutchins James Gourley/Selection/Shutterstock
Baldwin was holding the gun that killed Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza on October 21, 2021. The cinematographer was rushed to the hospital after the incident however was pronounced useless later that day. She was 42.
The 30 Rock alum has maintained that he was not chargeable for Hutchins’ demise, claiming that he didn’t pull the set off earlier than the gun discharged. “I do know 1,000 % I’m not chargeable for what occurred to her,” Baldwin advised an investigator in a telephone name after the taking pictures.
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