The weapons supervisor charged with involuntary manslaughter within the capturing dying of a cinematographer on the New Mexico set of the Alec Baldwin movie “Rust” was charged Thursday with proof tampering for allegedly passing medication to another person on the day of the capturing.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed “did switch narcotics to a different particular person with the intent to forestall the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of herself,” the particular prosecutors appointed within the case mentioned in a Santa Fe County court docket submitting. They gave no additional particulars.
Gutierrez-Reed’s lawyer Jason Bowles referred to as the transfer “retaliatory and vindictive.”
“It's surprising that after 20 months of investigation, the particular prosecutor now throws in a very new cost in opposition to Ms. Gutierrez Reed, with no prior discover or any witness statements, lab studies, or proof to assist it,” Bowles mentioned in an announcement.
Gutierrez-Reed is the only real remaining defendant within the case after prosecutors in April dropped an involuntary manslaughter cost in opposition to Baldwin, who was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins throughout a rehearsal when it went off, killed her and injured director Joel Souza on Oct. 21, 2021. Prosecutors can nonetheless refile expenses in opposition to Baldwin.
The brand new cost comes per week after prosecutors alleged in a court docket submitting that Gutierrez-Reed was ingesting and smoking marijuana within the evenings in the course of the filming of “Rust” and was probably hungover on the day a dwell bullet was positioned into the gun Baldwin used.
Bowles referred to as that allegation “character assassination” from prosecutors with a weak case that the protection has requested a decide to dismiss.
In his personal submitting Thursday, Bowles revealed that he had been by accident included on an e mail to District Lawyer Mary Carmack-Altwies from her lead investigator within the case, who slammed the legislation enforcement response to the capturing.
“The conduct of the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Workplace throughout and after their preliminary investigation is reprehensible and unprofessional to a level I nonetheless haven't any phrases for,” Robert Schilling wrote within the e mail, by which he mentioned he will likely be stepping down so particular prosecutors can use their very own investigator. “Not I or 200 more adept investigators than I can/might clear up the mess delivered to your workplace.”
Bowles mentioned in his submitting that the e-mail demonstrates the weak point of the case in opposition to his consumer. He mentioned it means that the prosecution has been withholding proof from the protection.
Emails looking for remark from the Sheriff’s Workplace and the particular prosecutors weren't instantly returned.
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