Alec Baldwin Trial Preview: Police Interviews & Jail Calls 

00:00 Alec Baldwin Trial Preview 05:53 Alec Baldwin Police Interview 18:51 Hannah Gutierrez Jail Calls #CourtTV Catch up on NM v. #AlecBaldwin here: www.courttv.com/tag/alec-baldwin/?

Answer this: Why is it necessary to have a real gun on set? Or have a real gun with a barrel that’s been filled, no longer hollow. Why use any rounds, we have sound effects.

The real big issue is the live round. How was a live round able to be there at all?

My question is why were there live rounds even brought to the set ?????

Hannah was found guilty of bringing the live round. I see a lot of questions about who was responsible. Hannah was pictured with the live rounds before movie production began. She was responsible for checking every gun, every time. She was found guilty of being criminally responsible for the live round.

Who saved money as a result of the constant rushing and ignoring safety protocols on the set? Was it the armorer or the producers?

the telephone call of Hannah and the paralegal sounds like two thirteen year olds who've just been given detention! How unprofessional and unbecoming of a member of the legal profession to use such foul language and speak so flippantly after a woman has lost her life! No wonder her client is in jail!

Everyone involved played a part that resulted in this death. Some more than others but there’s plenty of fault to go around.

Alec said "I shoot the gun"

How about the rule: You never trust another person to check your gun for you. Would you drive your car into a busy intersection at the direction of someone else in your car, or or would you look at what is going on in the intersection for yourself. Gun checks, especially with a simple revolver, are quick and easy to do. You don't need to be a 'gun expert' to do it. When I do laundry or make toast at home I don't consider myself a 'washing machine and toaster expert'..

At the end of the day if you're firing the gun then you are responsible for checking it !

I can't stand Alec Baldwin. But I don't think that he's guilty of involuntary manslaughter because he held the gun. I believe he's GUILTY of MANSLAUGHTER because he was the PRODUCER of the film, and as an experienced actor, witnessed multiple mistakes by the armorer and did NOTHING about it. He allowed an unsafe workspace.

The fact that he wont even admit to pulling the trigger tells me all that I need to know about him.

Alec Baldwin knows the protocols for weapons, his father taught him when he was younger, he has worked with many many armourers and weapons over the years of his acting career, plus he lives in a state where there are open carry laws so i would assume that he probably has weapons personally, therefore he should be well trained in gun safety protocols. Being on a set makes no difference. If you are handed a gun you follow your NSP's (normal safety precautions). It was the very first thing I was taught when i was an armed forces cadet in my teens, it doesn't matter who hands you the gun, you check it yourself, you never point it at something you do not intend to shoot even if you have checked and cleared your weapon. You can't tell me that every armourer and weapons expert that Alec Baldwin has ever worked with failed to teach him basic gun safety, if they didn't then the entirety of hollywood armourers and weapons experts need firing and retraining, and every actor needs to undergo weapons handling proficiency testing prior to being offered a role where they are expected to handle even a prop weapon. I honestly don't think he intentionally fired the weapon, i certainly don't think he intended to hurt let alone kill someone, but here we are, he was the one in control of the weapon at the time, he pointed towards where people were standing and he shot two people, killing one. He was also the producer of the movie, meaning HE was ultimately the person responsible for everyones safety on set, HE was the one responsible for hiring an under qualified armourer, HE refused the training. So yes HE is guilty of unintentional manslaughter. Just like Hannah was, SHE was the neglectful in her job, SHE didn't check and remove every slightly suspicious round, SHE let others handle the weapons and the rounds, SHE did not make sure the weapons and rounds were ALWAYS either in her possession or locked away with her being the only one able to access them, so although she didn't fire the weapon, she didn't point it at anyone, she was however responsible for live rounds being missed, live rounds being loaded, and responsible for handing a loaded weapon to Alec. So BOTH are guilty. There is no excuse.

Hypothetical: If the scene they were shooting when the incident occurred had been a suicide scene instead, would Alec have checked the gun before pointing it at himself?

So 6mins in he says ' I assumed it was a cold gun' ....case closed. He lies later then saying he was told by two different people it was cold. Lies lies lies. He says assumes again a second time one min later. He told so many lies his word is dirt

One thing about these movie sets is that a camera is always rolling so where is the footage? If they were just rehearsing then what was the purpose of pulling the hammer back while his finger is on the trigger?

Great Question Claudia If Baldwin Would Of Had Someone Point It To His Head In A Scene Would He Have Checked The Gun, Yes Is My Guess!

I would say there was some sort of neglince on his behalf.

"pointing the gun" and...pulling the trigger.

They said the same after Brendan Lee. More protocols wont help. How about ZERO tolerance for live rounds?.. Just a thought!!!

Alec cant recall in this interview who handed him the gun. Why did he point it directly at Haylena.

It seems Hannah Gutierrez is just a teenager, how the hell she got this job? Of savety in the set? Maybe her family helped her to get this position? Maybe her father? She'sclearly not capable of such responsability...

Assumption is the mother of all F ups. Fact.

He's such a liar

Hope they make an example of this Baldwin character.

How did the live rounds get on set?

Real Bullets And Wood Bullets Are Not The Same, Why Didn't Baldwin Inspect The Gun Before Putting It In The Holster?

This case is simple: there are no separate laws that govern Hollywood behavior no matter how many pretend rules they make up for themselves. The laws of the state of New Mexico apply here. He pointed a real gun at someone without checking the gun to see if it was loaded, then by his own admission, he "cocked the gun". He denies pulling the trigger, but that claim has been disproven. So, he should be judged for his actions under the laws of the state of New Mexico.

This is ridiculous. He's an actor. Obviously, assuming there wouldn't even be live rounds on set, let alone in the gun. The armor is 💯 at fault. She failed to do the most important job, the only job she had, her job...

Thank You so much Julie for keeping us up to date!

I sure hope he does the same amount of prison time I'd do or anyone else without his recognition. He has been well trained for safe firearms use over the past few decades and he knew better than to take aim (call it what it was and stop trying to make it sound like an harmless act of pointing) at this lady, manipulate the arms action, pull the trigger. He broke far too many safety rules to claim it wasn't his fault as it most certainly was his fault! If someone else would have perpetuated this act they'd still be sitting in jail waiting for trial.

I am bewildered why Court TV brings on legal analysts for a trial about guns and manslaughter who a) don’t know the manslaughter statutes in New Mexico and b) cannot articulate the ultimate issue with respect to the negligent use of a firearm causing death. The negligent use of a firearm creates criminal responsibility whenever the actor points a gun at another human being then pulls the trigger resulting in death. There are no legal excuses for this type of murder. It is similar to strict liability where only actus reus has to be proven. The state of mind of the actor does not matter and neither does any assumptions about whether the gun was “cold” because ALL citizens are required to treat every gun as if it is loaded and never point a gun at anything you don’t intend to destroy

Alec Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez are both guilty period!

Not buying it. Not buying it not buying it.

Cannot stand Alec Baldwin's arrogance, he seems to have moved on pretty quickly after Halyna's death, his constant denial of firing that gun and now he and his fake wife who pretends to be from Spain are going to be on a reality show. You'd think he would have some decency and not be a part of it till his trial was over, but he probably needs to pay for lawyering up with attys. If Hannah has to do time so should he, he fired that gun!

Why did Alec actually aim the weapon in Hutchins direction in the first place? Alec pulled the trigger, nobody else is responsible.

Wow! Someone really dolled miss Guitierrez up before court.

At the end of the day this was Hannah’s job. Period. She failed.

A 2 lb trigger sure doesn't need to be on a movie set...

You’re right Julie. Interesting to look at the arms supplier.

What an utterly stupid question by this women “why didn’t they use a fake gun?” OMG 🤦‍♂️

Layers of safety. Everyone needs to be responsible for the safety. Multiple layers to prevent incidents. (Swiss cheese safety model)

News editors cut out ALL the times he said…”I shot that woman.”

BALDWIN SAID HE DIDN'T PULL THE TRIGGER 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

Throw him under the jail already please

Is this trial going to be televised?

It must be nice to be a SAG card holder who avoids all basic tenants of gun safety and uses his revolver like it's a laser pointer while lecturing me about gun control.

Did Alec Baldwin undergo a background check, complete a gun safety course class to buy or have a gun? Because he should have known. You never pointed a gun at a person. If he did take a class , this is one of the things that talk about Besafe with a gun.

At the end of the day, he killed her . He should be in jail if it was anyone else they'd be in jail

I’m so shocked this happened. How did a live bullet get in there

I'm still extremely shocked that there hardly is any discussion about the discruntled crew that quit and left that morning. Here is, from what I understand, some crew members who were extremely, extremely dissatsified ie., mad, and pissed and who complained about safety issues, most notably about stuff like this happening on set Then they all quit, and hours after they leave, the exact thing they complained about, happens. It is like an employee complaining about wet floors in the bathroom and that people could get hurt. But his boss says stop complaining and we are not going to pay you extra hours to come clean up wet floors cus its no big deal. Then the employee quits and as he goes out, he pours water all over the floor to prove his point. One of those crew memmbers could so easily have just planted the real bullets in. Maybe not put it in the gun (wouldn't be out of the question) but mixed in real bullets with the dummies, and they did it in spite. WHY was this scenario ever not seriously looked at? That crew was very disgruntled over safety issues pertaining to weapons, and then they quit, rolled out, and next we know, this happens.

With all the Spaghetti Westerns and John Wayne movies, did he ever kill anyone on the set?

Hannah is doing her time. Leave her out of this.

It was clearly Agent 47 that brought the live ammo on the set for a contract.

06:22 "The armaments person" ...he refers to HGR as some insignificant underling. Very telling!! I also think that with muscle memory he pulled the trigger.

"We never want this to happen again" *Jon Erik Hexum and Brandon Lee have entered the chat *

__not to mention Who wants to see a western?

Hannah's mother sounded intoxicated.

19:36 I see Baldwins hair like a soft-serve ice cream cone

A Murderer 👿

"Deciding to switch judges"? Yeah, that's how it works, Hannah. "I wonder if she's having trouble at home why she's so grouchy". Yeah, mom, judge didn't convict your baby girl, jury did. Buncha idiots.

Why were live rounds even brought on set??

The only thing I can think of … is this wonderful woman, who has lost her life in a total senseless way. Please, give Halyna some kind of justice. 💔

Mr. Baldwin had the last clear chance to prevent the accident.

I love that you ask the question we all have. They never proved who provided the ammo.

I can't stand her voice . She growls as she talks

I hope to God they show these phone calls in Court at Alec’s trial and my question why didn’t anyone show these phone calls at Hannah’s trial?

Was the accidental discharge preventable ?? Yes. There is video evidence of Baldwin pointing his gun directly at people and firing blanks. Baldwin was careless and wreckless with his firearm

Listening to Alex talking to cops shows what a pompous overbearing wind bag he is … he utter disregard for his actions in this case is very telling

You hire someone to keep everyone alive and they failed. How is that anyone's fault but the one who was supposed to keep everyone alive?

Hannah is a scapegoat !!!

There’s another post out there that talked about him being producer in ne only. Someone else was actually the producer. I’m wonder if that is so.

He was the producer, he pointed gun, pulled trigger and shot the gun when it was not even in the script! He was in charge of safety, he is responsible!

I didn't know it wasn't in the script for him to point the gun at her. In any case if it's anything like the airline industry there are so few accidental gunshot deaths that it's very safe to be playing make-believe with weapons. So get all your convictions cuz that's what you do Let It Go doesn't bring back lives

22:33 WTAF why was there a gun just laying on the ground??? That just proves that Hannah was neglectful in her duties as armourer on set. There should NEVER have been a gun laying around let alone with a child on set!!

By assuming...baldwin took full responsibility for the gun

Look, I'm no fan of Alec Baldwin but let's be real here people, he was handed a gun that was supposed to be filled with blanks but had live rounds. Now you and I both know it was proven she brought live rounds onto the set, so she is 100% guilty and this entire mess is her fault, if there were blanks in the gun we wouldn't even be having this conversation.

what has hannah calls got to do with the public

BOTH BALDWIN AND GUTIERREZ ARE RESPONSIBLE

Hanna needs to shut up and let Halyna's family heal from her death. Every time she puts out a statement from jail, she rips open their scabs and nothing good will come from Hanna's family or lawyer making a statement. She needs to stfu, do her time then get back home to her family .... she's lucky that that's in her future bc its not for Halyna!

I don’t believe Hannah..

It common sense, which people today don’t have sad

I wonder if the scene called for AB to put the gun to his head and fire I would bet he would check the gun

Alec Baldwin playing with guns like a stupid little kid...

Helena RIP

He was the so called Captain of that ship. It happened under his watch, he is responsible for…

She was killed. Do we technically need a killer then? How much jail could he get being labled the killer

They should’ve check the bullet for finger prints

Why should Hollywood be different? That makes no sense 😮, especially as fatalities occur on sets as we well know

How was he supposed to check it; he’s not a gun expert..

Baldin pointed and fired the gun ! Nuff said.

How can they convict him when Hannah already went to jail for that responsibility? I’m seriously curious? I don’t know much about this trial

If Baldwin had checked his gun, and not been able to find a live round in it, would he then be held responsible for improper check capability? I mean real and fake rounds are almost similar. So, there needs to be a distinctive difference If you want to prevent failures from happening.

OK, boys and girls who is Alec Baldwin gonna throw under the bus today

Court Tv you to need to ask the question. Did he have a real license have a gun ?

He should have knew better to NOT talk to police before having a lawyer with u!

No remorse..

I don’t understand these charges - this was clearly an accident. Whether he had his finger on the trigger or not, he had a reasonable expectation he was working with a cold, unloaded prop gun, as he had in every rehearsal before that. The crew members that were shot had the same expectation, as evidenced by where they were standing. Every single person on that set relied upon the artillery person, to their peril. But relying on the gun safety person is what any reasonable, prudent person would do in this scenario, and no reasonable prudent person that worked on sets like this every day, would have been able to foresee this outcome. I don’t even think therefore this case against Alex Baldwin would be a strong civil case. But certainly charging it as a criminal case? Doesn’t even make sense. Is the DA bored? Or just trying to make an example out of him to win on re-election or something because this is high profile?

Stoicism, frugality, business acumen, self-denial? Yes, I can see that. Especially if it was earned honestly.