Alec Baldwin pleas not guilty in ‘Rust’ film set shooting

BREAKING NEWS AND THAT BREAKING NEWS INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES. THAT IS WHAT HE’S SANTA FE DISTRICT ATTORNEY PLANS TO CHARGE ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN AND ARMOR OR HANNAH GUTIERREZ READ WITH FOR THE REST OF MOVIE START SHOOTING BALDWIN FIRED A PROP GUN ON A MOVIE SET OUTSIDE SANTA FE. KILLING CINEMATOGRAPHER LENA HUTCHINS. WE DO HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ON THIS BREAKING NEWS. GENEVIEVE GLASS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR LEGAL EXPERT, JOHN DAY, BREAKING DOWN THE CRIMINAL CHARGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE FILED. GENEVIEVE, OUR LEGAL EXPERTS SAYING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS BEING VERY AGGRESSIVE IN THIS CASE AND THESE TWO COULD FACE SOME SERIOUS TIME BEHIND BARS. YEAH, EXACTLY. TODD. NOW, JOHN DAY TELLING US THAT ALEC BALDWIN AND ARMOR HANNAH GUTIERREZ, REED, WHO WILL BOTH BE CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, COULD FACE UP TO SIX AND A HALF YEARS IN JAIL. IN NEW MEXICO, IT’S A FOURTH DEGREE FELONY. NORMALLY, IT CARRIES AN 18 MONTH SENTENCE IN A STATE PRISON, A FINE OF $5,000. IN THIS CASE, THE D.A. HAS INDICATED THAT SHE WOULD BE ADDING WHAT’S CALLED A FIREARM ENHANCEMENT, WHICH IS A FIVE YEAR ADD ON TO THAT, ANY PENALTY TO ANY JAIL SENTENCE POTENTIALLY, BECAUSE THERE’S THE USE OF A GUN. WE ALSO ASKED JOHN IF HE WAS SURPRISED BY THESE CHARGES. FROM ONE PERSPECTIVE, IT’S A LITTLE SURPRISING. I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF SENTIMENT THAT BALDWIN WASN’T GOING TO GET CHARGED BECAUSE ALL HE DID WAS POINT A GUN THAT WAS HANDED TO HIM. BUT I THINK WHEN WE PICK THIS APART, WE LOOK AT THE WE LOOK AT THE D.A. SAYING, LOOK, GUNS ARE SERIOUS. GUNS ARE NOT TOYS. NEW MEXICO’S A STATE WITH A LOT OF GUNS. IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE USING GUNS, WHETHER IT’S A MOVIE SET, WHETHER IT’S ANYWHERE ELSE, YOU’VE GOT TO BE TAKING IT DEADLY SERIOUSLY. THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR APPOINTED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO HANDLE THIS CASE SAYING, QUOTE, IF ANY OF THESE THREE PEOPLE, ALEC BALDWIN, HANNAH GUTIERREZ, REID OR DAVID HOLES HAD DONE THEIR JOB, COLLEEN HUTCHENS WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY. IT’S THAT SIMPLE. SHE CONTINUED, IN NEW MEXICO, THERE IS NO ROOM FOR FILM SETS THAT DON’T TAKE OUR STATE’S COMMITMENT TO GUN SAFETY AND PUBLIC SAFETY SERIOUSLY. AFTER THE CHARGES ARE FILED, BOTH GUTIERREZ, REED AND BALDWIN WILL BE ISSUED A SUMMONS TO APPEAR IN COURT. I’LL HAVE MORE UPDATES FROM OUR LEGAL EXPERT JOHN DAY, IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. TODD, GENEVIEVE, THANK YOU. MINUTES AGO, THE SANTA FE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SPOKE WITH CNN ABOUT HOW SHE REACHED THE DECISION IN THIS CASE. IT WAS A WELL INVESTIGATED CASE, BUT WE HAD SOME FOLLOW UP THAT WE HAD TO DO, HAD TO SPEAK WITH SOME EXPERTS. AND ONCE WE READ THROUGH EVERYTHING AND RESEARCHED THE CASE LAW AND THE LAW HERE IN NEW MEXICO, WE REALIZED THAT WE BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS PROBABLE CAUSE TO CHARGE ALEC BALDWIN AND HANNAH GUTIERREZ READE WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. BALDWIN HAD MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE THROUGHOUT THIS, EVEN PUBLICLY SHARING THAT HIS HE HAD CONFIDENCE HE WOULDN’T BE CHARGED JUST MINUTES AGO, THOUGH, HIS ATTORNEY ADDRESSED THE CHARGES IN THIS STATEMENT HERE, SAYING THIS DECISION DISTORTS ALINA HUTCHINSON’S TRAGIC DEATH AND REPRESENTS A TERRIBLE MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE. MR. BALDWIN HAD NO REASON TO BELIEVE THERE WAS A LIVE BULLET IN THE GUN OR ANYWHERE ON THE MOVIE SET. HE RELIED ON THE PROFESSIONALS WITH WHOM, WITH HE WORKED WITH WHO ASSURED HIM THE GUN DID NOT HAVE LIVE ROUNDS. WE WILL FIGHT THESE CHARGES AND WE WILL WIN, END QUOTE. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FROM THE LAST MOVIE HAS SIGNED A PLEA AGREEMENT FOR THE CHARGE OF NEGLIGENT USE OF A DEADLY WEAPON. DAVID HALL WILL NOT SERVE ANY TIME BEHIND BARS, BUT WILL HAVE SIX MONTHS PROBATION. JOHN DAY BELIEVES PROSECUTORS MAY USE HIM IN THE CASES AGAINST BALDWIN AND GUTIERREZ, REED AND THE FAMILY OF HELENA HUTCHINS SENT US A STATEMENT IN REGARDS TO TODAY’S DECISION AS WELL, SAYING IN PART THIS, WE WANT TO THANK THE SANTA FE SHERIFF AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR CONCLUDING THEIR THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINING THAT CHARGES FOR INVOLVE BATTERY MANSLAUGHTER ARE WARRANTED FOR THE KILLING OF HOLLY HUTCHENS WITH CONSCIOUS REGARD, DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE. OUR INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION ALSO SUPPORTS THAT CHARGES ARE WARRANTED. LET’S TAKE A SECOND HERE TO RECAP HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT. OCTOBER 20, 21, ALEC BALDWIN FIRES A GUN, KILLING CINEMATOGRAPHER HELENA HUTCHINS AND INJURING THE DIRECTOR, JOEL SOUZA. BALDWIN HAS SAID PEOPLE IN THE KNOW HAD TOLD HIM THAT HE WOULD NOT BE CHARGED, BUT THE SANTA FE COUNTY D.A. ALWAYS SAID NO ONE WAS OFF THE HOOK. AND AGAIN, NOW THIS MORNING, WE’LL FILE CHARGES AGAINST HIM. AND JUST LAST WEEK, 15 MONTHS AFTER TH

Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty, waives court hearing in film set shooting charges

Updated: 2:53 PM CST Feb 23, 2023

In documents filed Thursday, Alec Baldwin pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges and waived his first court appearance in relation to charges filed in the “Rust” film set shooting. Baldwin and a film armorer were charged last month with felony involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins, the film’s cinematographer, during rehearsals on the set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in October 2021.In approving the waiver, First Judicial District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer of New Mexico set conditions of release for Baldwin. Those conditions of release are as follows: Obey all federal state, tribal and local laws, statutes and ordinancesNot possess firearms or dangerous weapons, which includes any device that is capable of expelling a projectile by action of an explosionNot consume alcoholMaintain contact with defendant’s attorney/see and consult with an attorney The judge has also allowed Baldwin to have contact with other witnesses with certain conditions as plans to finish the movie proceed. The judge ordered Baldwin released on his own recognizance and did not order any bail to be posted.

In documents filed Thursday, Alec Baldwin pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges and waived his first court appearance in relation to charges filed in the “Rust” film set shooting.

Baldwin and a film armorer were charged last month with felony involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins, the film’s cinematographer, during rehearsals on the set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in October 2021.

In approving the waiver, First Judicial District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer of New Mexico set conditions of release for Baldwin.

Those conditions of release are as follows:

• Obey all federal state, tribal and local laws, statutes and ordinances
• Not possess firearms or dangerous weapons, which includes any device that is capable of expelling a projectile by action of an explosion
• Not consume alcohol
• Maintain contact with defendant’s attorney/see and consult with an attorney

The judge has also allowed Baldwin to have contact with other witnesses with certain conditions as plans to finish the movie proceed.

The judge ordered Baldwin released on his own recognizance and did not order any bail to be posted.