Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s Manslaughter Trial Begins with Opening Statements

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed‘s manslaughter trial kicked off Thursday, and each the prosecution and protection have revealed their arms for the court docket battle … with the prosecution laying the blame squarely on HGR whereas the protection is pointing to a broader institutional failure.

The “Rust” armorer — who was charged with involuntary manslaughter within the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins — appeared in a New Mexico court docket, and the opening statements came about not way back.

The prosecution began the entire trial by first saying they imagine it was Gutierrez-Reed’s fault the dwell spherical that killed Hutchins ended up on set within the first place.

Prosecutors say Hannah did not at all times adhere to security protocols on set … for instance, they declare she did not provide to indicate the actors the rounds contained in the weapon or have the gun inspected in entrance of them — a protocol prosecutors insist she was speculated to observe.

Hannah not following protocols was frequent on set in line with the prosecution, which claims they will present a number of witnesses who will testify about Gutierrez-Reed not adequately performing her duties.

They are saying she repeatedly left weapons and ammo simply mendacity across the set … and even allowed dwell ammo to make its method on set. They even declare Hannah could not acknowledge a dwell spherical when it was sitting in her lap.

In Hannah’s protection, her legal professionals say she was tasked with a number of jobs on set when she was simply 24 — each armorer and prop assistant — which was quite a bit to ask her to do. Her crew claims Hannah’s age and relative anonymity make her an excellent scapegoat for the tragedy.

And, they’re additionally saying she did her job properly … noting she even requested the manufacturing supervisor for extra armorer days — as a result of she was splitting time between jobs and needed to give attention to her duties in that area. Her legal professionals say her request was in the end denied by the manufacturing.

As well as, the protection says OSHA — a authorities company in control of well being and security for workplaces — discovered quite a few errors within the manufacturing general that may’t simply be pinned on Reed individually. The protection added OSHA fined the manufacturing … a positive they are saying was one of many largest in New Mexico’s historical past.

Alec Baldwin was additionally talked about … with Hannah’s layers saying he violated probably the most primary gun security rule — do not level a gun at somebody except you wish to shoot them. They are saying he both had his finger on the set off or pulled it … however both method, it wasn’t Hannah’s fault.

The trial’s speculated to run by March 8 … full of what we think about will probably be a ton of twists and turns.