Hilaria Baldwin steps out for coffee run wearing ‘EMPATHY’ sweatshirt as husband Alec vows to fight manslaughter charges over Rust shooting that could see him jailed for at least FIVE YEARS
- Hilaria, 39, has been seen twice since the announcement of charges on Thursday
- Baldwin has vowed to fight the involuntary manslaughter charges
- The actor accidentally shot and killed Halyna Hutchins on October 21, 2021
- He has not been seen since Santa Fe’s DA made the announcement
Alec Baldwin’s wife Hilaria appears to be trying to send a message through her clothing as she broke cover for a coffee run the day after her husband vowed to fight manslaughter charges.
Hilaria, 39, left their luxury apartment building in Manhattan this morning with several of their children – clutching two coffees.
Baldwin, 64, has not been seen since the announcement that he and Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed would be charged with involuntary manslaughter for the death of Halyna Hutchins.
Hilaria wore a green sweatshirt with ‘EMPATHY’ – worth $108 – emblazoned on the front, as she looked pale and donned large dark glasses to cover her face.
Hilaria wore a green sweatshirt with ‘EMPATHY’ – worth $108 – emblazoned on the front, as she looked pale and donned large dark glasses to cover her face as she was escorted to her car
She left their luxury apartment building in Manhattan this morning with several of their children – clutching two coffees
Just yesterday, she was seen wearing a beige hoodie with ‘HUMAN’ embroidered on the front, glaring and looking stony-faced as she collected her children from their driver on Thursday.
Before the announcement, she was all smiles, dripping in diamonds as she left on Thursday morning, clutched her cell phone in one hand with a coffee cup.
Wearing a faux-fur bomber jacket, her signature leather-look workout leggings, and oversized sunglasses, the mother-of-seven finished her look with a pair of $300, pearl and rhinestone-encrusted slippers from Spanish brand Alameda Turquesa.
Hilaria, who married the Oscar-nominated actor in 2012, was spotted earlier on Thursday – before charges were announced – taking their children to school.
As she left to collect them later that afternoon, her expression had notably changed.
The mother-of-seven finished her look with a pair of $300, pearl and rhinestone-encrusted slippers from Spanish brand Alameda Turquesa
Baldwin has not been seen since the announcement that he and Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed would be charged with involuntary manslaughter for the death of Halyna Hutchins
Baldwin is seen in costume, covered with fake blood, in an image posted to Instagram
Halyna Hutchins was shot dead on October 21, 2021, by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of Rust
Lawyers for Baldwin say that he will context the charges, insisting he cannot be held responsible for the prop guns on set, which were the responsibility of armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.
The film’s assistant director, Dave Halls, pleaded guilty to negligence and received a six-month suspended sentence.
Mary Carmack-Altwies, the Santa Fe prosecutor, tore into him Baldwin while announcing the charges, saying ‘an actor doesn’t get free pass’ as she insisted he did pull the trigger on the gun that killed Hutchins.
He and Gutierrez-Reed are facing a maximum of 18 months in prison if convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
If they are also convicted of a firearm enhancement on that charge, they will face a mandatory five-year prison sentence.
The Massachusetts-born wife of Alec Baldwin did her best to ignore the waiting photographers
Hilaria Baldwin was seen stony faced yesterday as she left their Manhattan apartment hours after her husband was charged with involuntary manslaughter
In a statement, Baldwin’s attorney said: ‘This decision distorts Halyna Hutchins’ tragic death and represents a terrible miscarriage of justice. Mr. Baldwin had no reason to believe there was a live bullet in the gun — or anywhere on the movie set.
In a statement, Baldwin’s attorney said: ‘This decision distorts Halyna Hutchins’ tragic death and represents a terrible miscarriage of justice.
‘Mr. Baldwin had no reason to believe there was a live bullet in the gun — or anywhere on the movie set.
‘He relied on the professionals with whom he worked, who assured him the gun did not have live rounds. We will fight these charges, and we will win.’
Carmack-Altwies told CNN they concluded Baldwin did pull the trigger – and that he ran a ‘fast and loose set’ that was plagued with safety issues.
The 39-year-old is seen on Thursday morning, before the charges were announced
The 39-year-old ignored the waiting photographers as she left her home, in sparkling slippers
‘There was such a lack of safety and safety standards on that set. There were live rounds on set, they were mixed in with dummy rounds.
‘Nobody was checking those or at least they weren’t checking them consistently.
‘They somehow got loaded into a gun, handed off to Alec Baldwin, he didn’t check it, he didn’t do what he was supposed to do to make sure he was safe or make sure anyone else was safe.
‘He pointed the gun at Halyna Hutchins and he pulled the trigger,’ she said.’
She said a ‘totality of the circumstances’ led to the decision, adding: ‘This was a really fast and loose set. And that nobody was doing their job.’
Her appearance comes after Mickey Rourke sprung to Alec’s defence, insisting there was ‘no way in hell’ he should face charges over the on-set shooting of the Rust camerawoman.
Rourke, 70, who in 2016 appeared on Baldwin’s podcast, said it was wrong to prosecute the Oscar-nominated actor.
Mickey Rourke (left) on Thursday insisted that his friend Alec Baldwin (right) should not be charged over the October 2021 shooting of camerawoman Halyna Hutchins
Alec Baldwin is seen on October 21, 2021, after speaking to investigators about the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin’s phone is now being sought by the team probing Hutchins’s death
Posting on Instagram he said: ‘I usually never put my 2 cents in about what happens on someone’s movie set.’
‘It’s a terrible tragedy what happened to a cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
‘But no way in hell actor Alec Baldwin should be charged with any negligence whatsoever.’
Baldwin, who has since liked Rourke’s post, insists he is not responsible for the shooting, pointing out that he trusted the firearms professionals who were employed on-set. His attorney said he expects to be cleared.
Rourke claimed it was wrong to expect Baldwin to manage the gun safety aspects of the set.
Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins (center) died after being shot by Baldwin during a rehearsal on October 21, 2021 in New Mexico
The gun from the set of Rust, which was accidentally fired, killing Hutchins
‘Most actors don’t know anything about guns especially if they didn’t grow up around them,’ he continued.
‘Alec didn’t bring the gun to the set from his house or his car, when weapons are involved on a movie set, the guns are supposed to he handled only by the ‘weapon armor’.
‘In some cases the 1st AD might pass a gun to an actor, but most of the time the gun is handed to the actor directly by the ‘gun armor’.
‘There’s what ‘armor’s job is on the set. To have an expert around any type of dangerous weapon.’
Rourke said actors could then either ‘dry fire the gun’ or check the barrel themselves.
He said the decision to charge Baldwin was ‘terribly wrong’ adding: ‘I am sure Alec is already suffering enough over what happened. But to lay a blame on him is terribly terribly wrong.’
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