Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will not have to testify at Alec Baldwin 's upcoming involuntary manslaughter trial. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer on Friday, June 21 denied the prosecution's motion to compel Gutierrez-Reed to testify with immunity. Furthermore, the judge agreed with Baldwin's legal team in that Gutierrez-Reed has nothing new to add that could bolster the prosecution's case against Baldwin.
"I haven't heard of anything that she might testify to that someone else could not testify to," said Sommer in a heated virtual hearing. Prosecutors in the state argued there are a few new things she could add, including something captured in a jail recording. But the judge wasn't buying it.
Prosecutors are accusing Baldwin of being reckless with guns on the set of Rust before the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins ever occurred. According to court documents obtained by ET in June 2024, special prosecutors Kari T. Morrissey and Erlinda O.
Johnson, who are overseeing the prosecution in Baldwin's upcoming involuntary manslaughter trial, allege that the actor engaged in "horseplay" with a gun during training and allege that his nature during filming was "erratic and aggressive." Furthermore, they claim that Baldwin fired a blank round at a crew member while simultaneously using the crew member to establish a line of sight. It's also being alleged that the actor and producer insisted on not being held to industry safety standards when filming resumed months after .