Hannah Gutierrez- Reed, the armorer in the filming of “Rust,” got an 18 month sentence today in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Prosecutors asked for the maximum sentence and got it. Gutierrez was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 on-set killing.
But still in the air is what will happen to Alec Baldwin? Prosecutors say the actor pulled the trigger of the gun given to him by Gutierrez. Will this satisfy their quest for justice? Or will Baldwin also be held accountable.
Gutierrez didn’t help her case by reportedly mocking the judge and the jury in the trial while she was in jail. She called the deliberating jurors called jurors “idiots” and “a–holes.” She also said she wants Baldwin to go to jail with her.
Several impact statements were read in court before the announcement. “Rust” director Joel Souza — who was shot in the shoulder — read his virtually. He said, according to reports, that the last two and half years have been “difficult to put into words” and that “I want everyone damaged by Ms. Reed’s failures that day to find peace… I want the pain to go away…She had a talent for life, she was a touchstone for all who knew her, and those of us who were lucky enough to have shared in her fleeting time on this planet were better for it.”
Baldwin’s trial is set for July 10th, with jury selection the day before.
