This aerial photo shows the movie set of “Rust,” at Bonanza Creek Ranch on Oct. 23, 2021, in Santa Fe, N.M.
Jae C. Hong/Associated Press file Prosecutors intend to introduce evidence in next month’s “Rust” shooting trial that they say shows Alec Baldwin being “reckless” and engaging in “horseplay” with firearms in the days and final minutes before a prop gun discharged in his hand, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza. In a notice to Baldwin’s attorneys filed Monday, New Mexico prosecutors Kari T.
Morrissey and Erlinda O. Johnson outlined videos filmed on the “Rust” set over a 10-day period leading up to Hutchins’s death on Oct. 21, 2021.
The footage allegedly shows Baldwin pointing a prop revolver and firing a blank round at a crew member, using a gun as a pointer to direct crew members on set, and FaceTiming with his family during firearms training, among other “erratic and aggressive behavior.” Alec Baldwin Baldwin, who is starring in and producing the still-unreleased western film, has denied all charges and insisted he didn’t pull the trigger of the gun. The new filing paints a very different picture, accusing Baldwin of placing his finger on the revolver’s trigger in several scenes that didn’t require him to and pressuring armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed – who was sentenced to 18 months in prison for the shooting in April – to reload the weapon.
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