'Rust' film armourer pleads not guilty over on-set shooting

“Rust” movie armourer Hannah Gutierrez Reed pleaded not responsible to involuntary manslaughter and tampering with proof in relation to the deadly taking pictures of the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, court docket paperwork filed Wednesday and obtained by CNN present.

Gutierrez Reed was charged with tampering with proof in June, along with two counts of involuntary manslaughter filed earlier this 12 months.

CNN has reached out to Gutierrez Reed’s lawyer for remark.

In this display seize from lapel digicam video offered by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office, film set armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, proper, speaks with a sheriffs deputy as a colleague stands subsequent to her on the set of the western transfer Rust, shortly after the deadly taking pictures of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin throughout a rehearsal, Oct. 21, 2021, in New Mexico. A decide will think about allegations of due course of violations within the prosecution of Gutierrez-Reed, who’s accused of involun (AP)

Rust set, Halyna Hutchins — Halyna Hutchins was fatally injured on the set of Rust. (AP/Getty)

The trial is scheduled to begin December 6 and final via December 15 with jury choice to happen on December 5, an amended trial scheduling order filed Wednesday says.

The trial date being set comes after a New Mexico decide denied a movement to dismiss the involuntary manslaughter cost filed by Jason Bowles, Gutierrez Reed’s lawyer, earlier this month.

Production on the western, starring Alec Baldwin, got here to a halt in 2021 when Hutchins was fatally shot after a prop gun Baldwin was holding fired a reside spherical of ammunition throughout rehearsal.