Footage of Alec Baldwin on the set of Rust reveals he had “completely no management of his personal feelings” and “no concern for a way his conduct” affected these round him, prosecutors have mentioned in new courtroom paperwork.

The Hollywood actor and movie producer is to go on trial in July, charged with involuntary manslaughter over the dying of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the Western movie’s set in New Mexico in October 2021.

Ms Hutchins died after a Colt. 45 revolver Baldwin was rehearsing with fired a reside spherical that additionally wounded director Joel Souza.

Halyna Hutchins pictured in 2017 at an Artists for Peace and Justice party, 70th Cannes Film Festival, France
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Halyna Hutchins was the movie’s cinematographer


Hannah Gutierrez, the weapons supervisor on set, was discovered responsible of involuntary manslaughter in March following a separate trial and faces as much as 18 months in jail. She is because of be sentenced on Monday.

In a brand new 32-page courtroom submitting within the case towards Baldwin, responding to a movement made by his authorized staff to drop the costs, particular prosecutors Kari T Morrissey and Jason J Lewis say the movement to dismiss is “a predictably false, deceptive and histrionic misrepresentation of the information and circumstances”.

In addition to starring within the movie, Baldwin can also be a producer. He has denied any wrongdoing.

The prosecutors say footage from the movie’s set, mixed with interviews with crew members, reveals that “Mr Baldwin was in cost”.

He seemingly missed “what most everybody else seen”, they are saying – that Gutierrez was “inexperienced and overwhelmed” and “less than the job”.

Defendant Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, former armorer on the set of the movie "Rust", walks back to her seat after speaking with District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer before her trial at District Court, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in Santa Fe, N.M. Gutierrez-Reed is charged with involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence in the October 2021 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during the filming of the Western. (Luis Sánchez Saturno/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)
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The movie’s weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez is because of be sentenced subsequent week

Baldwin confirmed a “full lack of concern for the security of these round him”, they add.

“To observe Mr Baldwin’s conduct on the set of Rust is to witness a person who has completely no management of his personal feelings and completely no concern for a way his conduct impacts these round him,” the courtroom submitting says. “Witnesses have testified that it was this actual conduct that contributed to security compromises on set.”

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Additionally they say Baldwin has modified his story, saying: “Each time Mr Baldwin spoke, a special model of occasions emerged from his mouth, and his later statements contradicted his earlier statements.”

Of their movement to dismiss the case, Baldwin’s legal professionals argued that “sufficient is sufficient”, and mentioned: “That is an abuse of the system, and an abuse of an harmless particular person whose rights have been trampled to the intense.”

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