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Convicted Rust Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Says She Wants Alec Baldwin "In Jail" Per Prosecutors
View Date:2024-12-23 20:23:58
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is being called to the stand.
Alec Baldwin's legal team has requested the Rust armorer—who was sentenced in April to 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter—as a witness in the 30 Rock alum's upcoming trial regarding the 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, per legal documents obtained by E! News.
However, prior to submitting the request, special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey filed court documents, obtained by People, which cited recorded prison phone calls in which Gutierrez-Reed, among other statements, said she'd like to see Baldwin jailed.
The April documents were filed in response to Gutierrez-Reed's request for a conditional discharge—which would give her probation instead of jail time—and summarized the calls the 26-year-old allegedly had with family members, according to People. The outlet noted the calls were cited as part of Morrissey's attempt to prove Gutierrez-Reed showed a "total failure to accept responsibility."
Among the alleged conversation details is Morrissey's claim that the armorer called her a "bitch," that she referred to jury members as "a--holes," that Gutierrez-Reed is "mad that the whole thing got pinned on her" and that she "wants them to put Alec Baldwin in jail."
When asked for comment, Gutierrez-Reed's attorney Jason Bowles told E! News, "It's really unfair to characterize or cherry pick comments someone may or may not have made while they were upset and very recently incarcerated. But, many aspects of this prosecution have displayed no concern for fairness in favor of a win at all costs attitude."
According to People, at a May 14 pretrial interview Gutierrez-Reed invoked her Fifth Amendment privilege to not appear in court as to not incriminate herself as she appeals her April conviction. It has not been determined at this time if she will given a subpoena to force her attendance.
For his part, Baldwin is set to appear in court in July after a New Mexico Grand Jury decided in January to indict him on one count of involuntary manslaughter in connection to Hutchins' fatal shooting–to which he's plead not guilty—despite having his original charge dropped in April 2023 after his legal team accused prosecutors of adding a firearm-enhancement statute to his case that did not exist at the time of Hutchins' death.
Baldwin has continuously denied any wrongdoing—telling ABC News in 2021, "I didn't pull the trigger,"—and regarding his upcoming trial, his attorneys Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro told E! News in January, "We look forward to our day in court."
Meanwhile Gutierrez-Reed was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and not guilty of tampering with evidence in March, after pleading not guilty, and ordered to spend 18 months at a New Mexico correctional facility a month later.
At the time of her sentencing, the judge told her, per NBC News, "I find that what you did constitutes a serious violent offense. It was committed in a physically violent manner, a fatal gunshot done with your recklessness in the face of knowledge that your acts are reasonably likely to result in serious harm."
"You were the armorer, the one that stood between a safe weapon and a weapon that could kill someone," the judge continued. "You alone turned a safe weapon into a lethal weapon."
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