The « Rust » actor and co-producer is the last to face justice for the accidental shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins
When Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter trial begins Tuesday, he’ll be armed with top-gun defense lawyers, the power of his outsized celebrity and a possible scapegoat: Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the “Rust” armorer already serving time in a New Mexico prison for the accidental shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
But Baldwin’s path to avoiding a similar fate – Gutierrez-Reed was hauled off by deputies just minutes after her March 6 guilty verdict was read before a shocked courtroom – is precarious and narrow, legal experts have told TheWrap.
Especially since Baldwin was the one holding the gun.
The infamous October 2021 incident on the low-budget Western near Santa Fe netted Gutierrez-Reed’s conviction, as well as a guilty plea on a misdemeanor negligence charge from assistant director David Halls.
