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Rust Trial: Producer Defends Her Denial of Armorer Training Time With Alec Baldwin

"Rust" producer Gabrielle Pickle says she denied the request from armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed because it centered on teen actor, not Alec Baldwin

Gabrielle Pickle, who is faulted in a state safety probe, says she rejected the request because it paired Baldwin with his young co-star, and insurance didn't cover a minor The Rust line producer vilified in a state safety probe for having rejected a firearms training request just days before Alec Baldwinaccidentally killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Oct. 21, 2021 defended her decision on the witness stand Wednesday. The actor, 65, maintains he did not pull the trigger before the gun he believed was loaded with inert, so-called “dummy” ammunition fired and killed Hutchins inside a small wooden church in a mock western town just outside Santa Fe.

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