Two jurors in Alec Baldwin’s trial Death of cinematographer Halina Hutchins On the set of a movie rust In October 2021, he expressed his own doubts regarding the legitimacy of the lawsuit against the actor.
In an interview The New York TimesJurors #7 and #9 said they thought this was “clearly an accident” and that Baldwin “should not be put on trial.”
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Joanna Han, who works in advertising and communications and is known as Juror No. 7, said that as the trial progressed, “it just didn’t seem like a very compelling case.”
She continued, “It was clearly an accident. The idea that there was anything deliberate or that it was caused by gross negligence was just not realistic to me.”
Juror No. 9, Gabriel Picayo, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, said his opinion changed after hearing that weapons maker Hannah Gutierrez Reed had guns on the film set. He has already been convicted of manslaughter..
“I started to move in a direction that this was a very ridiculous story and that he should not have been put on trial,” Picayo said, adding that he felt that as an actor, Baldwin should have trusted “the people on the ground to do their job.”
Hutchins was killed and film director Joel Souza was wounded by Baldwin’s prop gun. Live ammunition was fired To rust It is scheduled to be released on October 21, 2021. The actors are He was originally charged with manslaughter. January 2023, however The charges were filed later. The case was withdrawn to allow time for further investigation.
Baldwin later Second charge He pleaded not guilty in January 2024. He claimed he “didn’t pull the trigger.”Through legal battles.”
And on July 12, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer Manslaughter case dismissed Baldwin pleaded not guilty to the charges, citing police and prosecutorial misconduct and the Brady Act violation of withholding evidence from the defense. When the non-indictment was announced, Baldwin broke down in tears and hugged his lawyers.
“I am so grateful to so many people for their support right now,” Baldwin wrote. Instagram Posts July 13. “You guys will never know how much I appreciate your kindness to my family.”
