There’s been lots of blame positioned on the armorer on the set of “Rust” — by each the general public and legislation enforcement — however her legal professional says she did every little thing in her energy to guarantee everybody engaged on the challenge was secure.
We had Jason Bowles, the legal professional for Hannah Gutierrez–Reed on “TMZ Live” Friday who talked at size about his consumer’s case … and shared what he believes have been a few of the failures that led to the loss of life of Halyna Hutchins.
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Bowles says Hannah requested assistant director, Dave Halls, to let her know when Alec Baldwin was going to deal with the gun that fired the deadly shot so she might examine it and provides Baldwin correct instruction on how to deal with the weapon.
Bowles says Halls by no means gave Hannah a heads up, merely handing the gun over to Alec with out following any kind of security process.
‘Rust’ Armorer Distraught Directly After Shooting, Says Her Lawyer
What’s extra — Bowles claims Hannah was stretched very skinny on set — taking over each the duties as armorer and dealing with props.
Bowles tells us at one level, Hannah despatched an electronic mail to manufacturing letting them know she wanted to focus extra of her time on the armorer duties … a request he says was denied.
As we reported, each Hannah and Baldwin have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. They’re each going through up to 5 years in jail if convicted.