Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer on the set of Rust, has just been sentenced to 18 months in prison for the involuntary manslaughter of Halya Hutchins. She was originally found guilty in March.
BREAKING: ‘Rust’ armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has been sentenced to 18 months for involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. https://t.co/T2P2AMVbY8
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 15, 2024
Here’s more from NBC News:
“Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was sentenced to 18 months in prison in a Santa Fe, New Mexico, court Monday for the killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter last month.
Prosecutors sought the maximum penalty of 18 months in state prison.
At the start of the sentencing hearing, New Mexico special prosecutor Kari T. Morrissey said that she reviewed Gutierrez-Reed’s phone calls from jail to inform what sentence length to recommend to the judge. Morrissey stated that the calls made by Gutierrez-Reed “tell us who she really is” and that she does not take responsibility for the Hutchins’ death and that she “chooses to place blame on the witnesses that testified against her, me, you.”
Gutierrez-Reed, who was dressed in a khaki prison uniform with a long-sleeved white t-shirt underneath, could be seen wiping away tears as Hutchins’ agent Craig Mizrahi read a victim impact statement to the court during the sentencing hearing.
Gutierrez-Reed was crying as she addressed the court asking for probation saying that Hutchins “my heart aches for Hutchins and her friends and family.”
She added that Hutchins “will always be an inspiration” and that her “heart goes out.”
“I beg you please don’t give me more time,” Gutierrez-Reed said.
Following Gutierrez-Reed’s conviction, the judge ordered the 26-year-old to be held in police custody pending her sentencing. She was found not guilty of tampering with evidence.
In recorded jail phone conversations with her mother, boyfriend and her attorney’s paralegal, Gutierrez-Reed called jurors “idiots” and “a–holes” while complaining about the length of time it took them to deliberate, according to a recent filing by prosecutors.
Also in the phone calls, she said that she would not testify in actor Alec Baldwin’s upcoming criminal trial if subpoenaed and that she wants him to go to jail, too.
Alec Baldwin has to be shaking in his boots. He’s next.