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Less than six months before Alec Baldwin is set to go on trial for involuntary manslaughter over the on-set 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the actor who steadfastly claims he never pulled the trigger says prosecutors "have stacked the deck" against him. "The State prosecutors…

Found guilty of involuntary manslaughter last week out of the fatal 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, former Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed  will find out her incarceration fate in just over a month. Today New Mexico Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer designated a sentencing hearing for…

A New Mexico jury on Wednesday found Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the indie Western. The jury decided the defendant was not guilty of evidence tampering The panel of seven women and…

UPDATED, 12:18 PM: "Justice for Halyna does not mean injustice for Hannah," defense lawyer Jason Bowles told the jury Wednesday in Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed's involuntary manslaughter trial for the killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on October 21, 2021. Now that both the defense and…

UPDATE, 2:37 PM: Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s fate out of the fatal October 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins could be decided before the end of the week. The armorer’s involuntary manslaughter trial could go to the jury for deliberations as soon as Wednesday, it was revealed at the…

Rust ammunition supplier Seth Kenney today said during the involuntary manslaughter trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed that he "started to sense that there were efforts to redistribute blame or the cause of this accident" over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on October 21…

Rust director Joel Souza took the stand today in the trial of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, telling the court that he did not see who gave Alec Baldwin the firearm in the fatal on-set shooting. “I didn’t see anybody give it to him,” Souza said, emphasizing that there was “an enormous amount going…

The man who allegedly handed Alec Baldwin the gun that killed Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins more than two years ago broke down on the witness stand Thursday describing what happened that October 2021 day on the set of the indie Western. Veteran first assistant director David Halls also…

Not sure if Cavalry Media needs someone to come to the rescue, but the shaky shingle may now see its whole house of alleged cards come tumbling down. Already trampled by financial ills, big-name exits and lawsuits related to the fatal 2021 shooting on Alec Baldwin's Rust, the company run by Keegan…

"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…

Alec Baldwin will face a New Mexico jury this summer on involuntary manslaughter stemming from the 2021 fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. As promised last week, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer today set a date for the start of the multiple Emmy winner's trial in the Land of…

UPDATED, 10:48 AM: Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is a "scapegoat" for the 2021 on-set killing of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the accused armorer's defense lawyer told a Santa Fe jury today. “Just because there was a tragedy doesn’t mean a crime was committed," Jason Bowles added to the five women…