‘Rust’ armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed denied launch from jail

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will stay behind bars, in line with a choice filed by the choose overseeing the “Rust” film armorer’s case on Monday.

“With respect to the Defendant’s arguments regarding her request for launch pending enchantment, the Courtroom finds that Defendant has not established by clear and convincing proof that Defendant is just not more likely to flee or pose a hazard to the security of another particular person or the group if launched,” acknowledged the choice, which was obtained by NBC Information and was rendered by New Mexico Decide Mary Marlowe Sommer.

Decide Sommer dominated that Reed’s conviction nonetheless holds although the choose beforehand decided that the prosecution suppressed proof within the involuntary manslaughter case in opposition to “Rust” star and producer Alec Baldwin.

Reed’s legal professional Jason Bowles informed NBC Information following the choice: “We are going to enchantment.”

Reed, who was the armorer on the set of the film “Rust” in 2021, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in March and sentenced to 18 months in jail for the killing of the movie’s cinematographer, Haylna Hutchins.

The choose’s choice comes because of Reed’s attorneys submitting a movement to dismiss the cost in opposition to her following the gorgeous mid-trial dismissal of Baldwin’s costs in July.

Throughout Baldwin’s trial, it was revealed {that a} buddy of Reed’s stepfather, Troy Teske, a former police officer, turned in Colt .45 rounds to the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Workplace that allegedly got here from the Western movie set. However as an alternative of the sheriff’s workplace submitting it with their current proof or alerting Baldwin’s authorized staff, it was cataloged individually with a go-ahead from New Mexico particular prosecutor Kari Morrissey.

For that reason, Decide Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed Baldwin’s case, saying New Mexico prosecutors did not disclose the proof — a violation of the Brady Legislation.

“There isn’t a approach for the court docket to proper this flawed. The sanction of dismissal is the one warranted treatment,” Sommer stated of her choice on the time.

Morrissey has since requested the choose to rethink dismissing the case in opposition to Baldwin.

NBC Information has reached out to New Mexico prosecutors for remark.