‘Rust’ Prosecutors Say Film’s Armorer Handed Off Bag of Cocaine After Shooting
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Prosecutors in the “Rust” case allege that the film’s armorer handed a bag of cocaine to another person on the evening after Halyna Hutchins was killed.
Hannah Gutierrez Reed was charged last week with evidence tampering for allegedly handing off the drugs in October 2021. Prosecutors allege that by doing so, she interfered with the investigation into Hutchins’ death.
Gutierrez Reed was already facing a charge of involuntary manslaughter for loading a live round into Alec Baldwin’s gun. The prosecution has claimed that Gutierrez Reed was drinking and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the production, and may have been hung over at the time of the shooting.
Baldwin was initially charged as well for negligently firing the weapon and killing the cinematographer, but those charges were dropped.
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