'Rust' Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Charged With Tampering With Evidence: A Timeline of the Tragedy
etonline.comHalyna Hutchins was tragically killed on the set of in October 2021 when the prop gun Alec Baldwin was holding suddenly discharged, striking and killing the cinematographer and injuring director Joel Souza.
In the months since tragedy struck in New Mexico, lawsuits were filed, criminal charges were filed — then dropped, for Baldwin — and allegations were made, including that the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, consumed alcohol and smoked marijuana during filming of the Western.Then, on June 22, 2023 prosecutors filed a new charge against Gutierrez-Reed: tampering with evidence.
She had been previously charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors claimed that, on or about Oct. 21, 2021, in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, Gutierrez-Reed «did transfer narcotics to another person with the intent to prevent the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of herself, and the highest crime was a fourth degree felony.»Jason Bowles, Gutierrez-Reed's attorney, tells ET, «Something is rotten in Denmark.
It is shocking that after 20 months of investigation, the special prosecutor now throws in a completely new charge against Ms.
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