The film armorer who loaded a live bullet into Alec Baldwin’s gun on the set of “Rust,” leading to the death of a cinematographer, was sentenced Monday to the maximum term, 18 months in prison.
Hannah Gutierrez Reed, 26, was convicted in March of involuntary manslaughter, after a jury found that her negligence caused the death of Halyna Hutchins.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer said that Gutierrez Reed had not shown any remorse.
“You alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon,” the judge said. “But for you, Ms. Hutchins would be alive, a husband would have his partner, and a little boy would have his mother.”
Before issuing the sentence, the judge heard from Hutchins’ relatives and friends, from her agent, and from “Rust” director Joel Souza, who was struck in the shoulder by the bullet that killed her.
Hutchins’ mother, Olga Solovey, and sister, Svetlana Zemko, addressed the court in pre-recorded videos from Ukraine,...
Hannah Gutierrez Reed, 26, was convicted in March of involuntary manslaughter, after a jury found that her negligence caused the death of Halyna Hutchins.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer said that Gutierrez Reed had not shown any remorse.
“You alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon,” the judge said. “But for you, Ms. Hutchins would be alive, a husband would have his partner, and a little boy would have his mother.”
Before issuing the sentence, the judge heard from Hutchins’ relatives and friends, from her agent, and from “Rust” director Joel Souza, who was struck in the shoulder by the bullet that killed her.
Hutchins’ mother, Olga Solovey, and sister, Svetlana Zemko, addressed the court in pre-recorded videos from Ukraine,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the Rust armorer who loaded the live round into the gun Alec Baldwin was holding when it discharged and killed the film’s cinematographer, will serve 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter.
The decision from Santa Fe judge Mary Sommer, delivered on Monday, comes after a jury found Gutierrez-Reed guilty, making her the first crewmember to be convicted for her role in the accidental shooting death of Halyna Hutchins.
Involuntary manslaughter charges in New Mexico carry a maximum sentence of 18 months and a fine of up to $5,000. Prosecutors sought the upper limit of the term. Gutierrez-Reed has been at the Santa Fe Adult Detention Facility since March, when she was determined to be liable of involuntary manslaughter but not evidence tampering charges. Last month, Sommer declined to allow a new trial and denied a motion for the armorer to be released while she appeals her conviction.
During the hearing,...
The decision from Santa Fe judge Mary Sommer, delivered on Monday, comes after a jury found Gutierrez-Reed guilty, making her the first crewmember to be convicted for her role in the accidental shooting death of Halyna Hutchins.
Involuntary manslaughter charges in New Mexico carry a maximum sentence of 18 months and a fine of up to $5,000. Prosecutors sought the upper limit of the term. Gutierrez-Reed has been at the Santa Fe Adult Detention Facility since March, when she was determined to be liable of involuntary manslaughter but not evidence tampering charges. Last month, Sommer declined to allow a new trial and denied a motion for the armorer to be released while she appeals her conviction.
During the hearing,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The producers of the Alec Baldwin film “Rust” are nine months late in paying the widower and son of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed in a gun accident on set in 2021, according to a recent court filing.
Baldwin and the other producers announced a settlement of the family’s wrongful death lawsuit in October 2022. The terms, finalized in March 2023, provided for completion of “Rust” and payments to the Hutchins estate, including insurance funds and a portion of the profits.
Rust Movie Productions LLC was supposed to make the full guaranteed payments by June 13, 2023, according to a Feb. 7 filing from the estate’s attorneys.
But that has not happened, according to the filing. The estate is now considering its options, which include resuming the wrongful death lawsuit or filing a new one.
It is not clear what caused the delay. Production resumed last April at a film ranch in Montana,...
Baldwin and the other producers announced a settlement of the family’s wrongful death lawsuit in October 2022. The terms, finalized in March 2023, provided for completion of “Rust” and payments to the Hutchins estate, including insurance funds and a portion of the profits.
Rust Movie Productions LLC was supposed to make the full guaranteed payments by June 13, 2023, according to a Feb. 7 filing from the estate’s attorneys.
But that has not happened, according to the filing. The estate is now considering its options, which include resuming the wrongful death lawsuit or filing a new one.
It is not clear what caused the delay. Production resumed last April at a film ranch in Montana,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Following confirmation Friday that Alec Baldwin will no longer face criminal charges in the death of Halyna Hutchins, the family of the Rust cinematographer will press ahead with a civil suit against Baldwin, who was holding the prop gun that fired the bullet killing Hutchins on set in October 2021.
Lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents Hutchins’ mother Olga Solovey, her father Anatolii Androsovych, and sister Svetlana Zemko, said Friday her clients “remain hopeful,” asserting: “Mr Baldwin may pretend that he is not responsible for pulling the trigger and ejecting a live bullet which ended Halyna’s life. He can run to Montana and pretend that he is just an actor in a wild west movie but, in real life, he cannot escape from the fact that he had a major role in a tragedy which had real life consequences.”
Baldwin’s lawyers called their action “misguided” and unlikely to survive legal scrutiny.
Lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents Hutchins’ mother Olga Solovey, her father Anatolii Androsovych, and sister Svetlana Zemko, said Friday her clients “remain hopeful,” asserting: “Mr Baldwin may pretend that he is not responsible for pulling the trigger and ejecting a live bullet which ended Halyna’s life. He can run to Montana and pretend that he is just an actor in a wild west movie but, in real life, he cannot escape from the fact that he had a major role in a tragedy which had real life consequences.”
Baldwin’s lawyers called their action “misguided” and unlikely to survive legal scrutiny.
- 4/22/2023
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with latest court hearing information: The New Mexico criminal case against Alec Baldwin for the on-set death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on October 21, 2021 is officially closed.
Following yesterday’s exclusive by Deadline that involuntary manslaughter charges against the star-producer of the indie Western would be dropped, special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis official filed the paperwork Friday to bring the matter to a conclusion, for now.
“Come now, the State of New Mexico, by and through special prosecutors Kari T. Morrissey and Jason J. Lewis, and enters a nolle prosequi in the above-numbered and styled cause, as new facts were revealed that demand further investigation and forensic analysis which cannot be completed before the May 3, 2023, preliminary hearing,” the recently appointed duo said today. “The case is dismissed without prejudice and the investigation is active and on-going.”
To that end, while Baldwin will not face charges now, “without...
Following yesterday’s exclusive by Deadline that involuntary manslaughter charges against the star-producer of the indie Western would be dropped, special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis official filed the paperwork Friday to bring the matter to a conclusion, for now.
“Come now, the State of New Mexico, by and through special prosecutors Kari T. Morrissey and Jason J. Lewis, and enters a nolle prosequi in the above-numbered and styled cause, as new facts were revealed that demand further investigation and forensic analysis which cannot be completed before the May 3, 2023, preliminary hearing,” the recently appointed duo said today. “The case is dismissed without prejudice and the investigation is active and on-going.”
To that end, while Baldwin will not face charges now, “without...
- 4/21/2023
- by Dominic Patten and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Alec Baldwin won’t be showing up next month for the New Mexico mini-trial over the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins, and he doesn’t believe he should be a defendant in the lawsuit the parents and sister of slain Rust cinematographer have filed in Los Angeles.
Acknowledging the horror of the October 2021 shooting and that “the loss of a daughter and sister is undoubtedly painful in any circumstance,” Baldwin’s bicoastal Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan defense team also assert that Ukrainian-based Olga Solovey, Anatoli Androsvych and Svetlana Zemko have “been distanced from Halyna physically, financially, and emotionally for years before her death” and “have no viable cause of action against Defendants” (read it here).
Filed on April 13, the demurrer by the indie Western star/EP and El Dorado Picture goes on to state of the February 9 negligence and battery civil complaint by Hutchins’ parents and sister:
This action is especially misguided.
Acknowledging the horror of the October 2021 shooting and that “the loss of a daughter and sister is undoubtedly painful in any circumstance,” Baldwin’s bicoastal Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan defense team also assert that Ukrainian-based Olga Solovey, Anatoli Androsvych and Svetlana Zemko have “been distanced from Halyna physically, financially, and emotionally for years before her death” and “have no viable cause of action against Defendants” (read it here).
Filed on April 13, the demurrer by the indie Western star/EP and El Dorado Picture goes on to state of the February 9 negligence and battery civil complaint by Hutchins’ parents and sister:
This action is especially misguided.
- 4/15/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A week before the first court hearing in the Rust criminal case against Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed for the fatal October 2021 shooting of Halyna Hutchins, the Santa Fe District Attorney has added a particularly poignant individual to its witness list.
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In a fourth amended state’s witness list for preliminary hearing filed Thursday in New Mexico, D.A. Mary Carmack-Altwies now has Matthew Hutchins on the list (read it here) of 46 names.
His addition to potentially provide information for the Da in the hearing and forthcoming trial could be an inflection moment in the case,...
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In a fourth amended state’s witness list for preliminary hearing filed Thursday in New Mexico, D.A. Mary Carmack-Altwies now has Matthew Hutchins on the list (read it here) of 46 names.
His addition to potentially provide information for the Da in the hearing and forthcoming trial could be an inflection moment in the case,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Dominic Patten and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
After being formally charged with involuntary manslaughter, Alec Baldwin is once again being sued for negligence for his role in the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins in 2021.
After reaching a settlement with Hutchins’ husband and son last October, Baldwin is now facing a second lawsuit for negligence and battery from the victim’s parents and sister, who reside in Ukraine.
When announcing the civil action lawsuit, Gloria Allred, who is known for taking high-profile cases, said that the Los Angeles suit was filed against “Alec Baldwin, Rust producers, armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, first assistant director David Halls, and other defendants who may have been responsible for the death of Halyna Hutchins.”
“There has been no outreach by Mr. Baldwin, no apology,” Allred told reporters. “We want accountability and justice for them. It’s as simple as that.”
Referring to the ongoing war in Ukraine, Allred expressed the difficulties and stresses Hutchins...
After reaching a settlement with Hutchins’ husband and son last October, Baldwin is now facing a second lawsuit for negligence and battery from the victim’s parents and sister, who reside in Ukraine.
When announcing the civil action lawsuit, Gloria Allred, who is known for taking high-profile cases, said that the Los Angeles suit was filed against “Alec Baldwin, Rust producers, armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, first assistant director David Halls, and other defendants who may have been responsible for the death of Halyna Hutchins.”
“There has been no outreach by Mr. Baldwin, no apology,” Allred told reporters. “We want accountability and justice for them. It’s as simple as that.”
Referring to the ongoing war in Ukraine, Allred expressed the difficulties and stresses Hutchins...
- 2/12/2023
- by Nicky Kashani
- Uinterview
Exclusive: Dana Brunetti, the two-time Oscar-nominated producer of The Social Network and Captain Phillips, is leaving Cavalry Media, the film and TV production company he co-launched with former Relativity executive Keegan Rosenberger in 2018.
Deadline has just learned from sources that Brunetti wanted to go out on his own and hang a new shingle. Some of the projects he had in development at Cavalry include the series Motorheads at Amazon Studios and The Devil Within at Epix; he is poised to remain a producer on those if they go forward.
The producer of the 1.3 billion-grossing Fifty Shades of Grey franchise is a producer on the upcoming Sony movie Gran Turismo, from Neill Blomkamp and Sony PlayStation Productions. The pic, which stars David Harbour, Orlando Bloom and Djimon Hounsou, is set for release August 11. Gran Turismo is not a Cavalry Media production.
Cavalry Media’s mission was to make moderately priced premium...
Deadline has just learned from sources that Brunetti wanted to go out on his own and hang a new shingle. Some of the projects he had in development at Cavalry include the series Motorheads at Amazon Studios and The Devil Within at Epix; he is poised to remain a producer on those if they go forward.
The producer of the 1.3 billion-grossing Fifty Shades of Grey franchise is a producer on the upcoming Sony movie Gran Turismo, from Neill Blomkamp and Sony PlayStation Productions. The pic, which stars David Harbour, Orlando Bloom and Djimon Hounsou, is set for release August 11. Gran Turismo is not a Cavalry Media production.
Cavalry Media’s mission was to make moderately priced premium...
- 2/9/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Alec Baldwin is already facing involuntary manslaughter charges and a potential five years in prison if found guilty for the 2021 fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins, and now the parents and sister of the slain Rust cinematographer have filed a lawsuit of their own.
“We have filed a lawsuit today in Los Angeles Superior Court against Alec Baldwin, Rust producers, armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, first assistant director David Halls, and other defendants who may have been responsible for the death of Halyna Hutchins,” attorney Gloria Allred said Thursday of the negligence and battery civil action filed on behalf of Hutchins’ Ukrainian-based family members Olga Solovey, Anatoli Androsvych and Svetlana Zemko. “May she rest in peace.”
“Anyone who is responsible for her loss must be held accountable,” the lawyer added, quoting Hutchins’ sister.
The jury trial seeking 32-page filing asks for unspecified damages “against each Defendant, jointly and severally, in an amount to be proven at trial,...
“We have filed a lawsuit today in Los Angeles Superior Court against Alec Baldwin, Rust producers, armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, first assistant director David Halls, and other defendants who may have been responsible for the death of Halyna Hutchins,” attorney Gloria Allred said Thursday of the negligence and battery civil action filed on behalf of Hutchins’ Ukrainian-based family members Olga Solovey, Anatoli Androsvych and Svetlana Zemko. “May she rest in peace.”
“Anyone who is responsible for her loss must be held accountable,” the lawyer added, quoting Hutchins’ sister.
The jury trial seeking 32-page filing asks for unspecified damages “against each Defendant, jointly and severally, in an amount to be proven at trial,...
- 2/9/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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