Rust
‘Rust’ Ricochet: Film’s Ammo Provider Questions New Bullet Evidence That Derailed Trial (Exclusive)
From the moment law enforcement arrived at the New Mexico set where the Rust shooting occurred, how exactly the live rounds got there was a key focus of the investigation. The prosecution, for years, maintained that they likely came from armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who was convicted in March for involuntary manslaughter. But when a so-called […]
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‘Rust’ Director Says He Has “No Relationship” With Alec Baldwin, Is Unsure Whether Justice Was Done
Rust director Joel Souza is opening up about the indie Western’s production, during which he was shot and cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed when a prop gun handled by star Alec Baldwin was discharged on Oct. 21, 2021. Souza spoke with Vanity Fair in an interview published online Thursday, marking his first media sit-down about […]
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Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ Case Judge Calls Out “Deliberate Misconduct” By Prosecutors
The New Mexico judge who dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin has denounced the prosecution for misconduct, finding that it “intentionally and deliberately withheld” key evidence from the defense. First Judicial District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer, in an order issued on Wednesday, faulted prosecutors for “willful and deliberate misconduct” warranting dismissal of charges […]
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Will the ‘Rust’ Armorer Walk, Too?
Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has filed a motion for a new trial — or for a dismissal of her case — in the wake of new ballistics evidence and “egregious prosecutorial misconduct” that was revealed during Alec Baldwin’s trial last week. “Justice demands that Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s conviction be overturned immediately, ensuring that the legal system […]
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How the Shock Alec Baldwin Case Dismissal Impacts Other ‘Rust’ Main Players
Now that a New Mexico judge has dismissed Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter case in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, the Rust saga moves to a new stage, albeit one that will still keep plenty of lawyers busy. Here’s what’s next for various players involved with the indie Western. Alec Baldwin On July 12, […]
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A Timeline of the ‘Rust’ Shooting and Investigation
On Oct. 21, 2021, tragedy struck the set of Rust in New Mexico when Alec Baldwin discharged a prop firearm that had a live round in it, killing the film’s director of photography Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin has maintained that he didn’t pull the trigger on the gun that killed the […]
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Judge Dismisses Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Trial
Alec Baldwin wept in court as a Santa Fe judge dismissed his involuntary manslaughter case on Friday after a day-long, dramatic and often bizarre hearing over how police and prosecutors treated a handful of bullets. “The late discovery of this evidence has impacted the fundamental fairness of the proceedings,” Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer stated in […]
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Alec Baldwin Files Motion to Dismiss ‘Rust’ Case Over New Evidence as Hearing Gets Underway
One mystery has plagued the Rust case from the very beginning: How did a live bullet ever get on a movie set to begin with? Alec Baldwin’s attorneys filed a motion Friday morning to have his involuntary manslaughter case dismissed based on what they say is evidence prosecutors withheld from them that may answer that […]
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Alec Baldwin’s Lawyers Claim He’s a Victim of Agenda-Driven District Attorney
Alec Baldwin is either a man who recklessly violated the “cardinal rule” of gun safety or a “shiny object” for a couple of New Mexico prosecutors who don’t have a case. Those are the arguments special prosecutor Erlinda Ocampo Johnson and Baldwin’s defense attorney Alex Spiro made Wednesday morning as Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial got […]
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Alec Baldwin Is on Trial, With a Media Circus Following Him in New Mexico ‘Rust’ Shooting Case
“Will you be a free man in two weeks, Mr. Baldwin?” someone shouted, as Alec Baldwin arrived at the First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Tuesday morning for the first day of his trial. Baldwin flicked the legal pad he was carrying at a journalist who had thrust a microphone into […]
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As Alec Baldwin Heads to Trial, Dueling ‘Rust’ Documentaries Become Part of Tangled Drama
Among the many people who will be closely watching Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial when it begins in Santa Fe this week are two sets of documentarians covering parallel and potentially competing stories from the movie Rust. Both sets of filmmakers have also become part of the still-unfolding tragedy of the indie Western set, where […]
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New Mexico Denies Film Incentive Application on Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Movie After Fatal Shooting
Producers of the Western movie Rust may have to forgo a robust economic incentive as they try to sell the film to distributors and fulfill financial obligations to the immediate family of a cinematographer who was fatally shot by Alec Baldwin during rehearsal in 2021. New Mexico tax authorities denied an application this spring by […]
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