Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer for the movie Rust who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for actor Alec Baldwin shooting the movie’s cinematographer to death with a prop gun during filming, has again found herself in a New Mexico courtroom thanks to damning evidence found on her cell phone during the Rust investigation.
According to a report at theguardian.com, when investigators searched Gutierrez-Reed’s cellphone during the Rust investigation, they found a video of her with a handgun in the bathroom of a bar. In the self-filmed video, shot a few weeks before the movie’s filming began, she explained how she snuck the prohibited firearm into the establishment.
Gutierrez-Reed originally pleaded not guilty to a charge of carrying a gun into a licensed liquor establishment. But on Monday, she changed her plea to guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence of 18 months supervised probation.
After the sentencing, Gutierrez-Reed addressed the judge, saying, “I’d just like to apologize to the court and thank you for your judgment today.”
Gutierrez-Reed’s plea agreement prohibits her while on probation from possessing firearms, consuming alcohol or drugs and she must pay $180 in fees while submitting a sample of her DNA to a criminal database and completing an addiction treatment program. The agreement makes it possible for Gutierrez-Reed to be released from prison as soon as June 2025 to complete probation in Arizona.
Baldwin initially claimed he didn’t pull the trigger on the gun that fired the fatal shot. Amazingly he made that far-fetched claim despite the fact that cameras reportedly recorded the shooting.
He also faced an involuntary manslaughter charge when he went to trial for the Rust shooting back in July. But the charges against Baldwin were dropped when the judge in the case learned that the prosecution had failed to disclose some important evidence.
“There is no way for the court to right this wrong,” Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer said in dismissing the charges.
That dismissal prompted Gutierrez-Reed to appeal her March conviction on the involuntary manslaughter charges. That appeal is still pending.
The high-profile trials stemmed from Baldwin shooting cinematographer Halyna Hutchins with what he assumed was a blank gun back on the set of Rust in October 2021. The film’s director, Joel Souza, was also injured by the shot.
Meanwhile the triggerman in this whole tragedy gets a pass.
And he was ultimately responsible being executive producer for hiring this female puke! BS walks & she deserves everything she got & will get😧
The “female puke” deserves a hell of a lot less than the male puke got.
Why is she a female puke? Maybe i missed part of the story at some point
People are dead due to her ineptness. Imagine your sister/daughter/mother/wife being killed because they hired a “professional” that didn’t take her profession seriously.
I guess someone gets what I said! Beyond ineptness.
People are also dead because of the tightwad, skinflint, and cheapskate “executive producer/director/star” of the project. An armorer is an armorer, not a general hand. This wasn’t a shoestring operation, it was a threadbare operation. It wasn’t a case of IF an accident would happen but WHEN.
This happens all the time across a host of professions.
Why would this be significantly different?
Can we call them all pukes if their carelessness gets people killed? If people can’t take their jobs seriously, then they shouldn’t be hired where lives are on the line.
I don’t care what you call them, I’m simply pointing out that this kind of carelessness happens all the time. It just doesn’t usually bite someone on the ass, so no one really notices.
I walk through buildings sometimes and glance at the welds. A shockingly high percentage, well north of 50% are straight trash. I don’t need an eddy current, x-ray or other test to know, they outright fail visual inspection. We’re talking something no CWI in their right mind would have allowed to pass.
Yet they did. Repeatedly. And I find that in most buildings I enter.
So, you better hope the engineers overengineered that building or that you’re not in it when it comes down.
And I see the same thing with a shitload of molecular work and medicine. Ditto automotive, electrical or plumbing work.
It’s almost as if no one has given a fuck since 1980. Probably because, if we’re honest, less than 10% of people have given a fuck in the past 44 years.
Isn’t it a problem that people accept this ineptness as the norm? I don’t think we should accept it. Don’t most of our problems come back to going along with the program when the program is terrible?
I built my house myself without being a licensed general contractor. The only thing the building inspector knew about me was that I wasn’t a licensed contractor. Any idiot could try building their own house.
When you had the footers dug, you had to call the inspector to get the go ahead before you could pour them. He is supposed to make sure your soils don’t look crummy and you aren’t over any setbacks or easements, etc. You have to get this step right. I called him to schedule an appointment for inspection. On the phone, he said, “are you outside of the building setbacks?” Keep in mind, this guy doesn’t know me. I told him yes. He said, “go ahead. You’re good.” I was shocked.
“It’s almost as if no one has given a fuck since 1980“
Yes, I think the entire country took the election of a movie actor for president as the victory of style over substance.
“Why would this be significantly different?”
Because Hollywood has built it self a reputation. Real or fake. Of having learned from the death of Brandon Lee.
It’s was said that they were smoking weed on the set. As well as shooting live ammo.
Drugs and guns mixed together???
The fact that I’m entirely unaware of this “reputation” suggests that it’s a façade presented to a small subset of the population.
IRL, most people in Hollywood don’t know who Brandon Lee was or GAF about The Crow unless they think they can do a shitty feminist remake.
“And he was ultimately responsible being executive producer for hiring this female puke!“
Baldwin did not hire or supervise Gutierrez-Reed:
“In addition, the D.A. blamed Baldwin for allowing the hiring of Gutierrez Reed, despite her inexperience. However, Gabrielle Pickle, the line producer, testified that she hired Gutierrez Reed after consulting with Halls, director Joel Souza, the production designer and “one or two of the producers.”
She did not mention Baldwin as a participant in the hiring process. Baldwin has denied any involve- ment and has said that his producer role was limited to creative choices, such as casting decisions and script changes.
Gutierrez Reed testified that seven people had some role in supervising her work, including Halls, Pickle, the unit production manager and the prop master. Baldwin was not among them.“
she’s just a dumb kid who wasn’t up to the job…where’s her old man?…he never should have put her in that situation….
Alec Baldwin is a scumbag!
What expertise or certification makes her an “Armorer”? It appears she knows very little about firearms.
Stepdaughter of Thell Reed. Somebody who actually knows what he’s doing.
She must have just assumed all his business by namesake with no actual knowledge or expertise whatsoever.
her “expertise or certification” was she was “armorer experience adjacent’ (e.g. had done it before but mostly inexperienced novice entry level), cheap, and available.
Hannah needs to trade in her six guns for a red Target polo and start stacking shelves.
Sure is nice how AB walked on a technicality right out the courtroom door.
It was a serious “technicality” and if it was your criminal matter you’d want the judge to rule appropriately.
I wonder if it was intentional.
I’ve been saying this since the day after he shot this chick. I’ve told you guys what would happen.
“If you have to wonder, you already know the answer.”
Fuck man, I just basically casevaced my dad out of Santa Fe. If I told you half the shit that went down with the hospital you wouldn’t believe any of it.
Why? Because my dad was honest with a hospital administrator and that made quite clear that he’s not one of the “Good people of Santa Fe”. And as I’ve pointed out for well over a year, there’s only one option if you ain’t a “good person”.
I can’t wait to get the lawyer’s bills on this one.
City’s fucked. Dust off and nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
Ranger Danger…I guess you’d be satisfied with the technicality if it were your wife who was shot dead All because a man knowing he would be pointing the weapon at your wife did not weigh the what-ifs and take a little time to verify the weapon safe. And insult to injury another person gets to do his time.
Thanks, Debbie.
Your anger should be directed at the prosecuting attorneys who created the “technicality”, they let the victims and their families down.
I would be angry if my wife was the victim and besides suinh Baldwin would make it my new life’s project to unseat the elected prosecutor.
“It was a serious “technicality” and if it was your criminal matter you’d want the judge to rule appropriately.”
If it was my criminal matter, I would certainly want the prosecution to make a similar mistake.
It was widely predicted he would walk, and he did.
Are you implying that corruption exists in our justice system?
I’m shocked!
Bryan Malinowski
Sidney
Contrary to what the judge said, there was another way to remedy the prosecution’s error, viz., declare a mistrial without prejudice and schedule a new trial pending defense review of the material and sanction the defalcating prosecutor(s) monetarily or otherwise. In fact, that is most commonly what happens. I am not seeking to excuse the prosecution’s error in failing to disclose, but from what I know of the basis for dismissal, viz., failure to tell the defense about some other bullets found on set, which hardly affects the basis of the criminal charge of manslaughter based on Baldwin’s stupidly pulling the trigger (or not, depending on what the jury eventually believed) on a pistol that he pointed at the victims, is a stretch. So my conclusion is that a) the judge was of the “bleeding heart” variety or, b) maybe the judge’s actions were based on some extra-judicial considerations.
“declare a mistrial without prejudice and schedule a new trial“
If the jury had been impaneled before the charges were dismissed then Jeopardy would’ve attached and there can be no retrial.
Besides, I’d say most legal precedent would indicate the executive producer ‘reasonably relied’ on the ‘professional’.
Of course, the executive producer is certainly exposed to civil actions, including wrongful death suits.
The producer himself had a duty to hire competent professionals and he clearly failed in that regard.
She’s cute, but young and dumb.
She’s pudgy and sloppy, and not just in carrying out her job duties.
She didn’t look that way when this whole thing went down. She’s went downhill. This has weighed heavily on her and it shows.
I agree w/Huntmaster. She has gone downhill, probably due to being under incredible stress. And being in a 5X9 cell doesn’t help.
I suspect that she was hired mostly on name recognition, but she never took control of her domain on the set. The armorer needs to be a hardass, and needs to have the authority to kick anybody out of the film if they break the armorer’s rules.
But the video about her bringing a firearm illegally into a place where it wasn’t allowed; that’s never gonna look good in a court of law.
It shows not only irresponsibility, but also complete disrespect for the law… and it doesn’t matter how much “shall not be abridged” is claimed.
If Baldwin, as the producer, was responsible for hiring her and overseeing her, then he, too, should bear some of the responsibility. Especially since he was also the trigger man. Apparently there were previous incidents of unsafe behavior on the set, and I would think it would be his job to step in before it got as serious as it did.
“If Baldwin, as the producer, was responsible for hiring her and overseeing her, then he, too, should bear some of the responsibility“
Testimony showed Baldwin had no part in hiring or supervising Gutierrez-Reed.
The captain of the ship is ALWAYS responsible for the actions of his subordinates.
I would think “Executive Producer” and “Star” would qualify as captain of the ship in this case.
And to add to this, Alec Baldwin has represented himself countless times as some sort of firearms expert. The court should have held him to this.
The prosecutors are simply trying to make up for their criminal behavior in hiding evidence involving Alec Baldwin.
But prosecutors have immunity just like the police have immunity. Both are a protected government criminal class.
Mike Nifong
Kamala Harris
Kim Gardner
These three should have had long prison sentences. For the “crimes” they committed in court. Unfortunately in our system these weren’t crimes.
What “crimes” do you believe Kamala Harris committed in court?
It will be interesting to see how far under the bus they shove her over this. Somebody’s gotta pay and she’s been selected to be that person.
So long as the good people don’t have to face any punishment for bad behavior all is well.
Baldwin basically faces zero criminal consequences, as I said would happen from day one. I’m shocked, shocked I say! I may need a fainting couch for this.
Reinstate the charges? LOL OK, Ms. Morrissey, you can stop acting now. What, are you trying to get an Oscar for this performance? Or are you really one of the few good ones and you just can’t wrap your head around the fact that this was a preordained outcome?
If you think that this is a simple case of bumbling prosecutors and idiot LEOs making “missteps” as Reuters put it, I have some great deals for you in both bridge-based and waterfront high desert properties. I mean, really smoking hot real estate investment here, folks. Don’t wait, invest today!
“If you think that this is a simple case of bumbling prosecutors and idiot LEOs making “missteps” as Reuters put it, I have some great deals for you…”
Not bumbling, but ends justify the means.
It’s kinda cute that you think this wasn’t arranged specifically to let Mr. Baldwin walk.
I assure you, it was. This outcome was preordained from the time SFPD and SFCSD responded and discovered Alec Baldwin was the guy holding the gun *when it went off*.
Facts need not apply here, actually, they can fuck right off.
And I’m old enough to remember a very large chunk of the people on this very website swearing up and down that Baldwin was going to jail for a long time bEcAuZe DiS iZ sErIouZ!. I took a fair bit of shit for telling you guys he’d never see the inside of a jail cell over this.
This is how Santa Fe County rolls. It’s tribal. You’re either part of the good people or you’re a bad person. Baldwin is a good person. Good people are not punished, that’s what we do to bad people.
If you knew the difference between Mark Miller and Mark Kiffin and how they were treated for the exact same circumstances, you wouldn’t question this because you’d know how The City Different operates IRL.
The same thing is true if you knew how some of the big families in the state operate and have for decades. Open, in your face corruption daring you to do something about it. Makes the pols in Chicago look like pikers.
Do the 4 safety rules mean anything??? Or are they just an inside joke. In the “gun community.”
Alec Baldwin committed homicide. And he got away with it. Just like OJ Simpson.
This could just as easily have happened during a scene they were shooting. The four rules get ignored for virtually every gun fight scene in the movies. Actors point guns at other actors and pull the trigger. Both when the camera is rolling and when they are rehearsing or gaming out how to shoot a scene. Many of the actors probably don’t even know the right way to grip the gun to look competent on screen until a trainer shows them. They can’t be expected to know enough to be sure a dummy round is really a dummy round (they are designed to look convincing on camera) or other things that insure a safe environment because they are mostly clueless pretenders. Just like they don’t know the car they are about to drive in a scene has working brakes or tires that aren’t dry rotted.
In the case of guns, what armorers are for. The producers job is to be sure a competent armorer and trainer are there to keep things safe. The producers job is to make sure they hire people for these roles who know wtf they are doing. Baldwin pulled the trigger on what was supposed to be an unloaded prop gun but it could have been any other random actor rehearsing. His responsibility for what happened was due to his role as producer.
Testimony showed that Baldwin was not the producer in charge at the time of the shooting, and Alec Baldwin did not hire Hannah Gutierrez-Reed:
“But the OSHA investigation laid ultimate management authority on producer Ryan Smith and his company, Rust Movie Prods. “Ryan Smith was identified as the boss by multiple people,” Montoya testified.
OSHA was especially critical of David Halls, the first assistant director, who was in charge of set safety. The agency faulted him for not taking action to address two accidental discharges of blank rounds five days prior to Hutchins’ death.
In addition, the D.A. blamed Baldwin for allowing the hiring of Gutierrez Reed, despite her inexperience. However, Gabrielle Pickle, the line producer, testified that she hired Gutierrez Reed after consulting with Halls, director Joel Souza, the production designer and “one or two of the producers.”
And Guitierez-Reed was not under the supervision of Baldwin:
“Gutierrez Reed testified that seven people had some role in supervising her work, including Halls, Pickle, the unit production manager and the prop master. Baldwin was not among them.“
“February 22, 2023 9:20am PT
D.A. and OSHA Disagree on Alec Baldwin’s Culpability as ‘Rust’ Producer (EXCLUSIVE)
By Gene Maddaus”
Unfortunately many folks have allowed their hatred of liberal Alec Baldwin to cloud their logical thought process.
In California there are serious penalties and certified verified experts work on the set. This is NOT HOLLYWOOD.
Like the Brandon Lee case in NC, this is a company running from California like safety on the set
The deaths of children on the “Twilight Zone” movie set, did cause more state regulations to be created. Deaths and injuries on film sets are covered up by the business. Go back to the 1960s and before. Many folks got really hurt on the set. But they had to suck it up. If they wanted to work.
The film business in california is dying. And they are moving out of state. Many to Nevada.
I’m not sorry for them. The business is run by hom.osex.uals, ath.ei.sts, and childless women. And it shows.
Their movies are loosing money big time. Same for the TV programs.
When I first started reading your comment, I thought holy cow, here’s one where he advances an opinion that, even if wrong, seems rational. And there was no mention of…
Oh wait, there it is:
“The business is run by hom.osex.uals, ath.ei.sts, and childless women“
It’s just his observation.
It’s okay to disagree. But instead of saying his argument is wrong because of that, why not actually meet his argument and oppose it directly?
Unless you’re afraid of his cause and effect argument.
“Armorer”
Baldwin wanted a fluff he could push around and would fulfill the letter of the law. This chick isn’t qualified to pour milk over snap crackle pops.
It has been almost three years now and we still don’t know how a live round found its way onto the set. Apparently the only people in New Mexico more incompetent than the crew on the Rust movie set are the prosecutors.
“Baldwin wanted a fluff he could push around”
Baldwin did not hire her:
“In addition, the D.A. blamed Baldwin for allowing the hiring of Gutierrez Reed, despite her inexperience. However, Gabrielle Pickle, the line producer, testified that she hired Gutierrez Reed after consulting with Halls, director Joel Souza, the production designer and “one or two of the producers.”
And Guitierez-Reed was not under the supervision of Baldwin:
“Gutierrez Reed testified that seven people had some role in supervising her work, including Halls, Pickle, the unit production manager and the prop master. Baldwin was not among them.“
Testimony showed that Baldwin was not the producer in charge at the time of the shooting, and Alec Baldwin did not hire Hannah Gutierrez-Reed:
“But the OSHA investigation laid ultimate management authority on producer Ryan Smith and his company, Rust Movie Prods. “Ryan Smith was identified as the boss by multiple people,” Montoya testified.
OSHA was especially critical of David Halls, the first assistant director, who was in charge of set safety. The agency faulted him for not taking action to address two accidental discharges of blank rounds five days prior to Hutchins’ death.
In addition, the D.A. blamed Baldwin for allowing the hiring of Gutierrez Reed, despite her inexperience. However, Gabrielle Pickle, the line producer, testified that she hired Gutierrez Reed after consulting with Halls, director Joel Souza, the production designer and “one or two of the producers.”
And Guitierez-Reed was not under the supervision of Baldwin:
“Gutierrez Reed testified that seven people had some role in supervising her work, including Halls, Pickle, the unit production manager and the prop master. Baldwin was not among them.“
“February 22, 2023 9:20am PT
D.A. and OSHA Disagree on Alec Baldwin’s Culpability as ‘Rust’ Producer (EXCLUSIVE)
By Gene Maddaus”
Unfortunately many folks have allowed their hatred of liberal Alec Baldwin to cloud their logical thought process.
I’ve even seen those on this list who claim to be attorneys not understanding the concept of double Jeopardy regarding the dismissal of charges against Alec Baldwin.
I find it shocking that these ‘attorneys’ know less about the law then this old hillbilly living at the head of the Holler in the mountains of West Virginia.
You can keep flooding us with the same post over and over again, but not once have you acknowledged that AB actually HAS some responsibilities for safety on his set.
You should acknowledge that. And stop spamming us with the same post.
“not once have you acknowledged that AB actually HAS some responsibilities“
Bullshit, I have acknowledged the executive producer is exposed to civil actions because he had a duty to hire competent professionals. Of course, the executive producer reasonably relied on the line producer and Production manager to supervise the actual day-to-day operations.
“Miner49er
October 12, 2024 At 18:51
“declare a mistrial without prejudice and schedule a new trial“
If the jury had been impaneled before the charges were dismissed then Jeopardy would’ve attached and there can be no retrial.
Besides, I’d say most legal precedent would indicate the executive producer ‘reasonably relied’ on the ‘professional’.
Of course, the executive producer is certainly exposed to civil actions, including wrongful death suits.
The producer himself had a duty to hire competent professionals and he clearly failed in that regard.”
Baldwin did not hire or supervise Gutierrez-Reed but he and his production company will certainly be sued if they haven’t already.
‘prey, “You should acknowledge that” you were wrong.
Garbage does as garbage is. Minor miner whiner.
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