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‘Rust’ Armorer’s Alleged Drug Use Can Be Included at Trial
The rookie "Rust" armorer charged with involuntary manslaughter failed to get a cocaine-related tampering charge and "weed" texts tossed before trial
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer in 2021 waived her arraignment in a separate case, pleading not guilty to a charge of carrying a gun into a Santa Fe bar. As Hannah Gutierrez speeds toward an involuntary manslaughter trial next week linked to Alec Baldwin ‘s accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the Rust movie set two years ago, a New Mexico judge sided with prosecutors Wednesday and upheld an evidence-tampering charge against the rookie armorer. With the tampering charge allowed to remain, the judge then delivered a split decision on a related defense motion seeking to exclude a series of text messages allegedly depicting Gutierrez’s use of marijuana and cocaine during the days leading up to the Oct. 21, 2021, tragedy.
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