Special prosecutor Erlinda Ocampo Johnson repeatedly referred to Baldwin playing 'make-believe' with a revolver on the set of the film 'Rust.'
Prosecutors sought to cast Alec Baldwin as someone who flouts rules and has little regard for safety on the first day of hisSpecial prosecutor Erlinda Ocampo Johnson repeatedly referred to Baldwin playing "make-believe" with a revolver on the set of theand said it led to very real danger and the death of Halyna Hutchins , whom she called "a vibrant 42-year-old rising star."
"You will see him using this gun as a pointer to point at people, point at things," Ocampo Johnson said. "You will see him cock the hammer when he is not supposed to cock the hammer, you will see him put his finger on the trigger when his finger's not supposed to be on the trigger." The beginning of testimony of the technician, Marissa Poppell, allowed jurors to see the revolver and the spent round from the shooting.
That includes pulling the trigger. Baldwin has said the gun fired accidentally, but Spiro said that it still would not be manslaughter even if he had willfully fired it.Spiro called the shooting an "unspeakable tragedy" and that an "amazing person" dies, but said the responsibility lies with the film's armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who has already been convicted of involuntary manslaughter, and of assistant director David Halls, who told Baldwin the gun was "cold.
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