Prosecutors: Weapons expert in Alec Baldwin case was hungover on set; defense calls case mishandled
Prosecutors are accusing the weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer of drinking and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the filming of “Rust.” ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer was drinking and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the filming of “Rust,” prosecutors are accusing, saying she was likely hungover when she loaded a live bullet into the revolver that the actor used. They leveled the accusations Friday in response to a motion filed last month by Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s attorneys that seeks to dismiss her involuntary manslaughter charge. The prosecutors accused her of having a History of reckless conduct and argued that it would be in the public interest for her to “finally be held accountable.” Jason Bowles, Gutierrez-Reed’s attorney, said Tuesday that the prosecution has mishandled the case. “The case is so weak that they now have chosen...