Alec Baldwin Trial LIVE | Day 2 Of Baldwin's Trial For Involuntary Manslaughter | Rust | N18G
Alec Baldwin Trial LIVE | Day 2 Of Baldwin's Trial For Involuntary Manslaughter | Rust | N18G
Actor Alec Baldwin, 66, took notes as he calmly listened to opening statements in his involuntary manslaughter trial.
Mr Baldwin is on trial for the fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins who was killed on the set of the film Rust. Director Joel Souza was injured.
In opening statements to a New Mexico jury of 12 and four alternates, prosecutor Erlinda Johnson told the court Mr Baldwin acted in a reckless manner.
"And while it was a movie set, it was a real-life workplace for many people.
"But you will hear this workplace was on a tight budget, and you will learn that some of the people who were hired to work at this workplace were very inexperienced, and one of those was the armourer, a very young woman named Hannah Gutierrez-Reed."
Gutierrez-Reed received the maximum 18-month sentence after being found guilty in March of involuntary manslaughter. First assistant director Dave Halls was given a six-month suspended sentence in a plea deal.
Ms Johnson told the court Mr Baldwin placed others in danger and acted "without due regard for the safety of others".
#alecbadwin #shootingtrial #rustshooting #usnewslive #cnbctv18