The weapons supervisor charged with involuntary manslaughter within the taking pictures loss of life of a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of the Alec Baldwin movie “Rust” was charged Thursday with proof tampering for allegedly passing medicine to another person on the day of the taking pictures.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed “did transfer narcotics to another person with the intent to prevent the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of herself.” the particular prosecutors appointed within the case stated in a Santa Fe County court docket submitting. They gave no additional particulars.
Gutierrez-Reed’s legal professional Jason Bowles known as the transfer “retaliatory and vindictive.”
“It is stunning that after 20 months of investigation, the particular prosecutor now throws in a totally new cost in opposition to Ms. Gutierrez Reed, with no prior discover or any witness statements, lab stories, or proof to assist it,” Bowles stated in an announcement.
Gutierrez-Reed is the only real remaining defendant within the case after prosecutors in April dropped an involuntary manslaughter cost in opposition to Baldwin, who was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins throughout a rehearsal when it went off, killed her and injured director Joel Souza on Oct. 21, 2021. Prosecutors can nonetheless refile prices in opposition to Baldwin.
The new cost comes per week after prosecutors alleged in a court docket submitting that Gutierrez-Reed was ingesting and smoking marijuana within the evenings throughout the filming of “Rust” and was seemingly hungover on the day a stay bullet was positioned into the gun Baldwin used.
Bowles known as that allegation “character assassination” from prosecutors with a weak case that the protection has requested a choose to dismiss.
In his personal submitting Thursday, Bowles revealed that he had been by accident included on an electronic mail to District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies from her lead investigator within the case, who slammed the regulation enforcement response to the taking pictures.
“The conduct of the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office during and after their initial investigation is reprehensible and unprofessional to a degree I still have no words for,” Robert Schilling wrote within the electronic mail, through which he stated he will probably be stepping down so particular prosecutors can use their very own investigator. “Not I or 200 more proficient investigators than I can/could clean up the mess delivered to your office.”
Bowles stated in his submitting that the e-mail demonstrates the weak spot of the case in opposition to his shopper. He stated it means that the prosecution has been withholding proof from the protection.
Emails searching for remark from the Sheriff’s Office and the particular prosecutors weren’t instantly returned.
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