‘Rust’ armorer’s trial gives Alec Baldwin’s team a window into how his own trial could unfold
The trial and conviction of a movie armorer in connection with a fatal shooting on the set of the Western movie Rusthas given Alec Baldwin and his legal team a unusual window into how his own trial in the death could unfold. “I don’t think Baldwin’s going to want to deal in this case, and I think his legal team will tell him this is a very different case than the case against Hannah.” A weapons expert for the prosecution in Gutierrez-Reed’s case gave strong testimony, Baker said. Expert witness and movie firearms consultant Bryan Carpenter testified that images showed Baldwin firing blanks toward a camera within a “no-go” zone at close range, flouting safety protocols as he commanded crew members to quickly reload his revolver, and waving a gun like a pointing stick after the close of one scene. “Alec Baldwin’s conduct and his lack of gun safety inside that church on that day is something that he’s going to have to answer for,” prosecutor Kari Morrissey said in her closing arguments against Gutierrez-Reed. During Gutierrez-Reed’s trial last week, one witness for the prosecution stated the obvious as a prosecutor asked, “Is Mr. Baldwin on trial today?” “It appears that he is a bit, yes,” said Ross Addiego, a crew member who witnessed the fatal shooting at close range and has sued Baldwin in civil court.
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