Weapons expert in 'Rust' film set shooting case was hungover on set, prosecutors say
The weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer was drinking and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the filming of 바카라 게임 웹사이트Rust,바카라 게임 웹사이트 prosecutors are alleging, saying she was likely hungover when she loaded a live bullet into the revolver that the actor used.
They leveled the accusations Friday in response to a motion filed last month by Hannah Gutierrez-Reed바카라 게임 웹사이트s attorneys that seeks to dismiss her involuntary manslaughter charge. The prosecutors accused her of having a history of reckless conduct and argued that it would be in the public interest for her to 바카라 게임 웹사이트finally be held accountable.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Jason Bowles, Gutierrez-Reed바카라 게임 웹사이트s attorney, said Tuesday that the prosecution has mishandled the case.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The case is so weak that they now have chosen to resort to character assassination claims about Hannah,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Bowles told The Associated Press. 바카라 게임 웹사이트The prosecution has abandoned the idea of doing justice and getting to the actual truth apparently.바카라 게임 웹사이트
A preliminary hearing for Gutierrez-Reed is scheduled in August. A judge is expected to decide then if there바카라 게임 웹사이트s probable cause for Gutierrez-Reed바카라 게임 웹사이트s charge to move forward.
In the response, the prosecutors also noted that they expected to decide within the next 60 days whether to recharge Baldwin, depending on the results of an analysis of the gun and its broken sear. The items were sent to the state바카라 게임 웹사이트s independent expert for further testing.
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The involuntary manslaughter charge faced by Baldwin, who also was a producer on the film, was dismissed in April, with prosecutors citing new evidence and the need for more time to investigate.
Baldwin was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal on the New Mexico film set in October 2021 when it went off, killing her and wounding the film바카라 게임 웹사이트s director, Joel Souza.
Gutierrez-Reed's attorneys had argued in their motion that the prosecution was 바카라 게임 웹사이트tainted by improper political motives바카라 게임 웹사이트 and that Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies and the initial special prosecutor she appointed, Andrea Reeb, 바카라 게임 웹사이트both used the tragic film set accident that resulted in the death of Halyna Hutchins as an opportunity to advance their personal interests.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The defense lawyers contend that the permanent damage done to the gun by FBI testing before the defense could examine it amounted to destruction of evidence and a violation of the court바카라 게임 웹사이트s rules of discovery. They also argued that the 바카라 게임 웹사이트selective prosecution바카라 게임 웹사이트 of Gutierrez-Reed was a violation of the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution바카라 게임 웹사이트s 14th Amendment.
New special prosecutors who were appointed after Reeb stepped down disputed those claims in their response, saying 바카라 게임 웹사이트nothing about this prosecution has or will be selective.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The prosecutors also acknowledged the unanswered question of where the live rounds found on set came from, saying they were trying to find out and that the investigation was ongoing. They also suggested there was evidence to support the theory that Gutierrez-Reed herself may be responsible and if so, more charges may follow.
They offered no specifics in the filing as to what that evidence might be.