When the “Rust” trial began two weeks ago, Mary Carmack-Altwies, the district attorney in Santa Fe, N.M., sent a campaign message to supporters.
In it, she made it clear that the case is not just about Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the young armorer who was convicted Wednesday in the 2021 gun accident that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Without naming him, the D.A. conveyed that her office is really focused on a bigger fish: Alec Baldwin, the producer and actor who pulled the trigger.
“Here’s what is critical to me: in the First Judicial District, no one is above the law. No one,” she wrote. “No one avoids culpability due to fame, wealth, or connections in my jurisdiction.”
After a series of stumbles in the case, Carmack-Altwies got a much-needed win when the jury returned a guilty verdict on involuntary manslaughter. (The jurors acquitted Gutierrez Reed of a charge of tampering with evidence.
In it, she made it clear that the case is not just about Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the young armorer who was convicted Wednesday in the 2021 gun accident that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Without naming him, the D.A. conveyed that her office is really focused on a bigger fish: Alec Baldwin, the producer and actor who pulled the trigger.
“Here’s what is critical to me: in the First Judicial District, no one is above the law. No one,” she wrote. “No one avoids culpability due to fame, wealth, or connections in my jurisdiction.”
After a series of stumbles in the case, Carmack-Altwies got a much-needed win when the jury returned a guilty verdict on involuntary manslaughter. (The jurors acquitted Gutierrez Reed of a charge of tampering with evidence.
- 3/8/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Santa Fe, N.M. — A crew member on “Rust” gave jurors a tearful account Monday of the fatal shooting on set, and laid much of the blame on Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the film’s armorer.
Ross Addiego, the dolly grip, became choked up and cried at several points as he recalled the events surrounding the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
He also faulted Gutierrez Reed for leaving guns and ammunition unsecured, saying she was nothing like the “uptight,” “anal retentive” armorers he had encountered over his 30-year career.
“She wasn’t necessarily as serious or professional as I am accustomed to with the other armorers that I’m familiar with,” Addiego testified. “I don’t know that I’ve ever seen an armorer pull loose ammo out of a fanny pack.”
Gutierrez Reed is on trial for involuntary manslaughter. She mistakenly loaded a live round into Alec Baldwin’s gun,...
Ross Addiego, the dolly grip, became choked up and cried at several points as he recalled the events surrounding the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
He also faulted Gutierrez Reed for leaving guns and ammunition unsecured, saying she was nothing like the “uptight,” “anal retentive” armorers he had encountered over his 30-year career.
“She wasn’t necessarily as serious or professional as I am accustomed to with the other armorers that I’m familiar with,” Addiego testified. “I don’t know that I’ve ever seen an armorer pull loose ammo out of a fanny pack.”
Gutierrez Reed is on trial for involuntary manslaughter. She mistakenly loaded a live round into Alec Baldwin’s gun,...
- 2/27/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
“We seemed to always be rushed and under the gun,” a key crew member on the troubled Rust film told a New Mexico jury today in the involuntary manslaughter trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.
Describing the Alec Baldwin-starring indie western as “budgetarily restricted” and in a constant “state of chaos,” dolly grip Ross Addiego testified that the film was “moving at ludicrous speeds, racing the production clock” in its initial two weeks of production in Santa Fe. Amid tears, Addiego also gave detailed and emotional remarks about what happened on the set when Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot in October 2021.
One of the few members of Rust’s camera department who opted to stay on the movie after disputes about money and safety, Addiego bluntly told Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer, the jury and others in the courtroom that “safety seemed to be secondary” on the set. He...
Describing the Alec Baldwin-starring indie western as “budgetarily restricted” and in a constant “state of chaos,” dolly grip Ross Addiego testified that the film was “moving at ludicrous speeds, racing the production clock” in its initial two weeks of production in Santa Fe. Amid tears, Addiego also gave detailed and emotional remarks about what happened on the set when Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot in October 2021.
One of the few members of Rust’s camera department who opted to stay on the movie after disputes about money and safety, Addiego bluntly told Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer, the jury and others in the courtroom that “safety seemed to be secondary” on the set. He...
- 2/26/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Facing a potential refiling of criminal charges in the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Alec Baldwin on Wednesday failed in an attempt to have a civil case over the tragedy dismissed.
In a technically challenged virtual hearing this morning before New Mexico’s First Judicial District Court judge Bryan Biedscheid, Baldwin and co-defendants El Dorado Pictures and Rust Movie Productions’ motion to dismiss was denied. The judge also denied an additional motion to stay the matter until the criminal trial is over.
Earlier this year, Rust crew members Ross Addiego, Doran Curtin and Reese Price took Baldwin and the production companies to court for “negligent and reckless conduct.” Facing a plethora of cases arising out of the shooting on the indie Western, the defendants had a back-up plan to have the Addiego, Curtin and Price case stayed until the Rust criminal trial is over.
Proclaiming that he “doesn...
In a technically challenged virtual hearing this morning before New Mexico’s First Judicial District Court judge Bryan Biedscheid, Baldwin and co-defendants El Dorado Pictures and Rust Movie Productions’ motion to dismiss was denied. The judge also denied an additional motion to stay the matter until the criminal trial is over.
Earlier this year, Rust crew members Ross Addiego, Doran Curtin and Reese Price took Baldwin and the production companies to court for “negligent and reckless conduct.” Facing a plethora of cases arising out of the shooting on the indie Western, the defendants had a back-up plan to have the Addiego, Curtin and Price case stayed until the Rust criminal trial is over.
Proclaiming that he “doesn...
- 8/23/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Special prosecutors have not decided whether criminal charges will be refiled against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, but the actor this week is trying to stop crew members from the indie Western from taking him to court.
Meanwhile, armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has seen her criminal trial kicked down the road to next year.
Attorneys for Baldwin and El Dorado Pictures have filed a motion to dismiss the civil case brought in February by Rust crew members Ross Addiego, Doran Curtin and Reese Price, who accused Baldwin and the producers of “negligent and reckless conduct.” Hedging their bets, the defendants also have a motion pending to stay the whole matter until the Rust criminal trial is done and determined.
New Mexico’s First Judicial District Court has a hearing set for Wednesday on those motions, with the outcome potentially creating a significant blast radius for not just the criminal case,...
Meanwhile, armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has seen her criminal trial kicked down the road to next year.
Attorneys for Baldwin and El Dorado Pictures have filed a motion to dismiss the civil case brought in February by Rust crew members Ross Addiego, Doran Curtin and Reese Price, who accused Baldwin and the producers of “negligent and reckless conduct.” Hedging their bets, the defendants also have a motion pending to stay the whole matter until the Rust criminal trial is done and determined.
New Mexico’s First Judicial District Court has a hearing set for Wednesday on those motions, with the outcome potentially creating a significant blast radius for not just the criminal case,...
- 8/22/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Three “Rust” crew members sued Alec Baldwin and the film’s producers on Monday, alleging they suffered symptoms of insomnia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety stemming from the fatal shooting of the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, according to a lawsuit obtained by Et.
The three crew members claim they were in the church building during filming, when Baldwin’s gun went off, striking Hutchins and director Joel Souza. Baldwin, who denied pulling the trigger, has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter after the gun he was holding discharged, killing Hutchins and wounding director Souza on the Western film set in New Mexico.
Read More: 'Rust' Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Permitted to Have Firearm: What to Know About On-Set Tragedy, Aftermath
Last week, Baldwin formally entered a not-guilty plea to the manslaughter charge. According to court docs, obtained by Et, the 64-year-old actor waived his right to appear before...
The three crew members claim they were in the church building during filming, when Baldwin’s gun went off, striking Hutchins and director Joel Souza. Baldwin, who denied pulling the trigger, has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter after the gun he was holding discharged, killing Hutchins and wounding director Souza on the Western film set in New Mexico.
Read More: 'Rust' Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Permitted to Have Firearm: What to Know About On-Set Tragedy, Aftermath
Last week, Baldwin formally entered a not-guilty plea to the manslaughter charge. According to court docs, obtained by Et, the 64-year-old actor waived his right to appear before...
- 2/28/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Court cases surrounding the tragic accident on the set of the film "Rust" in 2021 continue to multiply, as Variety reports that three crew members are now suing the film's producers for negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The suit names El Dorado Pictures, Rust Movie Productions, and actor/producer Alec Baldwin, who is currently also facing charges of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
The lawsuit, which was reportedly filed Monday, describes allegations of harm resulting from the on-set shooting that includes "blast injuries" from the deafening gunshot and "severe emotional distress." Plaintiffs include set costumer Doran Curtin, key grip Reese Price, and dolly operator Ross Addiego, all of whom were reportedly near Baldwin when the gun witnesses say he was holding was fired, injuring director Joel Souza and killing Hutchins. Per Variety, Baldwin denies having pulled the trigger on the gun that was being used during the production,...
The lawsuit, which was reportedly filed Monday, describes allegations of harm resulting from the on-set shooting that includes "blast injuries" from the deafening gunshot and "severe emotional distress." Plaintiffs include set costumer Doran Curtin, key grip Reese Price, and dolly operator Ross Addiego, all of whom were reportedly near Baldwin when the gun witnesses say he was holding was fired, injuring director Joel Souza and killing Hutchins. Per Variety, Baldwin denies having pulled the trigger on the gun that was being used during the production,...
- 2/28/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Once again, Alec Baldwin and Rust producers are being taken to court by crew members of the indie Western over the fatal 2021 on-set shooting of cinematographer Haylna Hutchins.
Ross Addiego, Doran Curtin and Reese Price filed suit against Baldwin and the production for negligence. The trio, who were there when the 1880s prop gun Baldwin was holding went off during rehearsal and killed Hutchins, also claim that Baldwin pulled the trigger – something the actor, who has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, has long denied.
“On October21, 2021, Defendant Alexander R Baldwin Ill fired a Colt 45 revolver towards the crew on the set of the movie Rust, killing the film’s Director of Photography — Halyna Hutchins — and injuring Ross Addiego, Doran Curtin, and Reese Price (“Plaintiffs”),” reads the jury-seeking complaint (read it here) filed in the increasingly busy New Mexico courts. “These injuries were caused by Defendants’ failure to follow industry safety rules.
Ross Addiego, Doran Curtin and Reese Price filed suit against Baldwin and the production for negligence. The trio, who were there when the 1880s prop gun Baldwin was holding went off during rehearsal and killed Hutchins, also claim that Baldwin pulled the trigger – something the actor, who has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, has long denied.
“On October21, 2021, Defendant Alexander R Baldwin Ill fired a Colt 45 revolver towards the crew on the set of the movie Rust, killing the film’s Director of Photography — Halyna Hutchins — and injuring Ross Addiego, Doran Curtin, and Reese Price (“Plaintiffs”),” reads the jury-seeking complaint (read it here) filed in the increasingly busy New Mexico courts. “These injuries were caused by Defendants’ failure to follow industry safety rules.
- 2/28/2023
- by Dominic Patten and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Three “Rust” crew members sued Alec Baldwin and the film’s producers on Monday, alleging they have suffered anxiety and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the shooting death of the film’s cinematographer.
The three crew members were in the church building at the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe, N.M., when Baldwin’s gun fired, striking cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and director Joel Souza. Baldwin has denied pulling the trigger, though prosecutors have charged him with involuntarily manslaughter for allegedly firing the weapon while it was pointed at Hutchins.
The plaintiffs in the latest suit are Ross Addiego, the dolly operator, Doran Curtin, the set costumer, and Reese Price, the key grip. According to the suit, all three were in close proximity to Baldwin when the gun was fired, and suffered “blast injuries” from the deafening sound of the shot.
According to the complaint, Hutchins...
The three crew members were in the church building at the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe, N.M., when Baldwin’s gun fired, striking cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and director Joel Souza. Baldwin has denied pulling the trigger, though prosecutors have charged him with involuntarily manslaughter for allegedly firing the weapon while it was pointed at Hutchins.
The plaintiffs in the latest suit are Ross Addiego, the dolly operator, Doran Curtin, the set costumer, and Reese Price, the key grip. According to the suit, all three were in close proximity to Baldwin when the gun was fired, and suffered “blast injuries” from the deafening sound of the shot.
According to the complaint, Hutchins...
- 2/27/2023
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
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