The weapons supervisor within the deadly capturing of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western movie “Rust” pleaded responsible Monday to a separate felony cost of carrying a gun right into a licensed liquor institution.
Movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed agreed to alter her plea to responsible on the cost in alternate for a diminished sentence of 18 months supervised probation.
Judge T. Glenn Ellington accredited the settlement that permits Gutierrez-Reed to start probation whereas serving out an 18-month jail time period at a New Mexico state penitentiary for involuntary manslaughter within the deadly capturing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
In the “Rust” case, prosecutors blamed Gutierrez-Reed for unwittingly bringing dwell ammunition onto the film set and for failing to observe fundamental gun security protocols.
Gutierrez-Reed shuffled into the Santa Fe courtroom Monday in a beige jumpsuit, handcuffs and ankle shackles to alter her plea to responsible and waive her proper to trial.
“I’d just like to apologize to the court and thank you for your judgment today,” she mentioned.
The case stems from proof that a couple of weeks earlier than “Rust” started filming in October 2021, Gutierrez-Reed carried a gun right into a downtown bar in Santa Fe the place firearms are prohibited.
Special prosecutor Kari Morrissey mentioned Gutierrez-Reed filmed herself within the toilet of the bar with a handgun — explaining how she snuck within the prohibited firearm in a video that was obtained when authorities searched the armorer’s cellphone in the course of the “Rust” investigation.
Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March at trial of involuntary manslaughter within the deadly capturing of Hutchins. She has an enchantment of that conviction pending in the next courtroom.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer for “Rust,” was pointing a gun at Hutchins throughout a rehearsal for the movie when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
In July, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed an involuntary manslaughter case in opposition to Baldwin midway via a trial primarily based on the withholding of proof by police and prosecutors from the protection. Morrissey has since requested the choose to rethink.
Under phrases of her plea settlement, Gutierrez-Reed is prohibited whereas on probation from possessing firearms, consuming alcohol or medicine and should pay $180 in charges whereas submitting a pattern of her DNA to a felony database and finishing an habit therapy program.
Defense legal professional Jason Bowles mentioned the settlement makes it doable for Gutierrez-Reed to be launched from jail as quickly as June 2025 to finish probation in Arizona with out getting an extra felony conviction on her report.
Before being led away, Gutierrez-Reed blew kisses towards the courtroom gallery the place her mom, Stacy Reed, was seated.
Reed mentioned she was grateful her daughter can start to satisfy new parole necessities previous to launch from jail.
“She’s not gotten a fair shake from the beginning,” mentioned Reed, who traveled from Arizona for the listening to.
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