Actor Alec Baldwin Gets The Best Justice Money Can Buy
Emily Miller
When Alec Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly shooting and killing his cinematographer, the Santa Fe district attorney declared: “No one is above the law and justice will be served.” As it turned out, the rich movie star, who knowingly broke every gun safety rule, is above the law. Prosecutors have dropped the criminal charges against Baldwin. His working-class employees are taking the fall for him, proving there are two systems of justice.
New Mexico prosecutors filed to dismiss the charges against Baldwin in late April and said “new facts were revealed that demand further investigation and forensic analysis” before the planned May 3 preliminary hearing. They left open the possibility of refiling charges against Baldwin for the death of Halyna Hutchins, but it is unlikely.
Baldwin, 65, is now back reshooting “Rust” on a new Montana set. Baldwin is both the star and a producer of the movie. The Western stopped filming on Oct. 21, 2021, after Hutchins, 42, was shot in the chest. The bullet went through her and lodged in director Joel Souza’s shoulder.
Rules for TheeTwo of Baldwin’s crew members, who are not on the new movie set, didn’t get off scot-free.
The movie’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, remains charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. Gutierrez-Reed, 25, admitted to accidentally loading real ammunition in the Colt .45 revolver. The investigators do not know how the live rounds got to the set. She gave the gun to Assistant Director Dave Halls and left the small church set. Halls gave the gun to Baldwin.
“It’s difficult to reconcile how Baldwin’s charges would be dismissed and the charges remain against Hannah,” Gutierrez-Reed’s attorney, Jason Bowles of New Mexico, told me. “Hannah wasn’t in the church when the gun was fired. She wasn’t called back in to complete another safety check with Baldwin. That’s the fault of production, not Hannah.”
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