The key question Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ trial will focus on
The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The scheduled trial next week of a movie weapons supervisor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin may hinge on an enduring mystery: How did live ammunition find its way onto the New Mexico film set where it was expressly prohibited? Special prosecutors say they’ll present “substantial evidence” at the trial that movie armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed unwittingly brought live rounds onto the set when she first began work on the film. open image in gallery An undated image taken from video released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office Her attorneys also accuse prosecutors of compromising a crucial trial witness by handing over privileged communications about their case to the Albuquerque-based dummy ammunition supplier for Rust – whom they contend is the source of live ammunition that made its way onto the set. Defence attorney Jason Bowles says prosecutors are using trumped-up charges to pressure Gutierrez-Reed to make a false confession regarding the source of live ammunition on the film set.
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