Responsible for the weapons in the movie “Rust” sentenced to 18 months in prison

Hannah Gutiérrez-Reed, former gunman in the film “Rust,” was sentenced this Monday by a court in the state of New Mexico to 18 months in prison for her involvement in the death of Halyna Hutchins, the film’s director of photography. her film she later died after being shot by actor Alec Baldwin during filming.

Gutiérrez-Reed was sentenced to the maximum penalty, after Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer announced the sentence Monday morning, CBS News reports. At sentencing, prosecutors charged Hannah with repeated negligence and acquitted her of another charge of tampering with evidence. Throughout the hearing, Hannah Gutiérrez-Reed appeared tearful and visibly shaken.

Gunsmith from movie “Rust” found guilty of negligent homicide

Also present in court were Joel Souza, the screenwriter and director of the film who was injured in the incident, Craig Mizrahi, Hutchins’ former agent, and several friends of the victim, who gave statements about the impact of her death. “What I want is not possible. What I want is for everyone to be well and for lives not to be destroyed. One moment the world made sense and the next it didn’t. It still doesn’t, and I don’t know if it will ever make sense again,” Souza said in court, quoted by CBS News.

Mizrahi described Hutchins as a talented “rising star” who was on the verge of making a big career leap when she died. “The circumstances surrounding the disaster force us to ask ourselves many questions, especially one in particular: how could this happen?” said the agent, accusing Gutiérrez-Reed and the film’s direction of several failures.

Never-before-seen footage of Baldwin’s Rust team before and after fatal shooting revealed

Halyna Hutchins’ mother, Olga Hutchins, also participated in the session, and attorney Gloria Allred read a letter written by her. “Losing a child is the most difficult thing. And time does not heal. Two and a half years have passed and the situation is getting worse,” Olga wrote.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the first person to be tried in the case, was responsible for carrying the gun that Alec Baldwin used on the filming location and from which a real bullet, rather than a prop, was fired that killed Hutchins. .

On October 21, 2021, during the filming of “Rust” in New Mexico, in the southwestern United States, actor Alec Baldwin pointed out a weapon that, contrary to what was assumed, was still a real projectile that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.

News updated at 22:50