A New Mexico prosecutor yesterday said Alec Baldwin broke ‘cardinal rules’ for handling guns in the 2021 killing of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, while his lawyer said he was failed by the movie’s set safety experts who already have been convicted in the case.
The 66-year-old Baldwin, on trial in Hollywood’s first on-set shooting fatality in three decades, took notes at the defence table and listened calmly in his involuntary manslaughter trial
A New Mexico jury heard prosecutor Erlinda Johnson outline arguments Baldwin disregarded safety during filming of the low-budget movie when he pointed a gun at Hutchins, cocked it and pulled the trigger as they set up a camera shot in movie-set church southwest of Santa Fe.
“The evidence will show that someone who played make-believe with a real gun and violated the cardinal rules of firearm safety is the defendant, Alexander Baldwin,” Johnson said.
His lawyer Alex Spiro pointed to Rust armourer Hannah Gutierrez – head of gun safety – and first assistant director Dave Halls – responsible for overall set safety.
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