‘Rust’ Guns Manager Charged With Dumping Medication On Day Of Alec 1st earl baldwin of bewdley Taking pictures

The guns manager charged with involuntary manslaughter within the taking pictures dying of a cinematographer at the New Mexico set of the Alec 1st earl baldwin of bewdley movie “Rust” was once charged Thursday with proof tampering for allegedly passing medicine to anyone else at the day of the taking pictures.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed “did switch narcotics to someone else with the intent to forestall the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of herself,” the particular prosecutors appointed within the case stated in a Santa Fe County courtroom submitting. They gave no additional main points.

Gutierrez-Reed’s lawyer Jason Bowles referred to as the transfer “retaliatory and vindictive.”

“It’s stunning that once 20 months of investigation, the particular prosecutor now throws in a fully new price in opposition to Ms. Gutierrez Reed, with out a prior realize or any witness statements, lab reviews, or proof to beef up it,” Bowles stated in a remark.

Gutierrez-Reed is the only real last defendant within the case after prosecutors in April dropped an involuntary manslaughter price in opposition to 1st earl baldwin of bewdley, who was once pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins throughout a practice session when it went off, killed her and injured director Joel Souza on Oct. 21, 2021. Prosecutors can nonetheless refile fees in opposition to 1st earl baldwin of bewdley.

The brand new price comes every week after prosecutors alleged in a courtroom submitting that Gutierrez-Reed was once consuming and smoking marijuana within the evenings throughout the filming of “Rust” and was once most probably hungover at the day a are living bullet was once positioned into the gun 1st earl baldwin of bewdley used.

Bowles referred to as that allegation “personality assassination” from prosecutors with a susceptible case that the protection has requested a pass judgement on to push aside.

In his personal submitting Thursday, Bowles published that he have been by accident incorporated on an electronic mail to District Lawyer Mary Carmack-Altwies from her lead investigator within the case, who slammed the legislation enforcement reaction to the taking pictures.

“The behavior of the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Administrative center throughout and after their preliminary investigation is reprehensible and unprofessional to a point I nonetheless haven’t any phrases for,” Robert Schilling wrote within the electronic mail, during which he stated he’ll be stepping down so particular prosecutors can use their very own investigator. “No longer I or 200 extra gifted investigators than I will be able to/may just blank up the mess delivered on your place of job.”

Bowles stated in his submitting that the e-mail demonstrates the weak spot of the case in opposition to his shopper. He stated it means that the prosecution has been withholding proof from the protection.

Emails searching for remark from the Sheriff’s Administrative center and the particular prosecutors weren’t right away returned.