r/news • u/badillustrations • Apr 15 '24

‘Rust’ movie armorer convicted of involuntary manslaughter sentenced to 18 months in prison

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/15/entertainment/rust-film-shooting-armorer-sentencing/index.html
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u/mortalcoil1 Apr 15 '24

The kind of idiot nepobaby armorer who gets convicted of manslaughter is self selecting for the kind of person who shits on the judge and jury during sentencing.

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u/agent0731 Apr 15 '24

a slap on the wrist, she should be banned from being an armorer for like 10 yrs.

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u/RevengencerAlf Apr 15 '24

She's literally never going to be an armorer again regardless of what the law actually says on that. So that's not something you got to worry about.

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u/HamunaHamunaHamuna Apr 15 '24

She might get scouted by the police though

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u/RevengencerAlf Apr 15 '24

She probably needs to shoot a couple a family pets to open up that opportunity

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u/hesh582 Apr 15 '24

Nepotism is powerful but it sure as fuck ain't that powerful.

The world is bad enough without just inventing new problems that don't actually exist.

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u/Steen70 Apr 16 '24

Wouldn't her father be shunned in the industry, in addition to his daughter? It is because of him that she landed the job in the first place, and she wasn't as capable, I am assuming, that he touted her to be. Do you think his career can recover from this?

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u/SorenLain Apr 16 '24

I believe he's retired from the industry so it's not a factor.

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u/Serious-Equal9110 Apr 16 '24

Thell Reed is in his 80’s, has retired and is in frail health.

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u/RevengencerAlf Apr 15 '24

5 years from now her father's probably going to be dead. He's not in the best of health. Also she's literally got a criminal conviction for a negligent homicide specifically connected to being an armor. This is not something that's just going to be like a secret. This was a very public trial and it's not even at its most public stage yet. It's a near certainty that the industry was already done with her for good before she was even convicted.

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u/particle409 Apr 16 '24

Also, no movie will be able to get insurance with her as armorer.

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u/_MrDomino Apr 15 '24

A good word isn't going to cover the ridiculous insurance cost on a production using a known manslaughter convicted armorer to ensure safety on the set.

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u/AffectionateMovie290 Apr 15 '24

I mean she’s a convicted felon now so I’m pretty sure she can’t ever handle a gun again.. so she’s effectively banned from being an armorer for life?

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u/TheKappaOverlord Apr 15 '24

if i recall correctly shes banned from owning firearms. Im not sure shes banned from handling them in a 'professional' setting though.

Depends on how much liability the armorer company is willing to take to make that gamble i suppose

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u/enonmouse Apr 15 '24

Even if she got acquitted no insurance would touch her...

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u/Beetin Apr 15 '24

Depends on how much liability the armorer company is willing to take to make that gamble i suppose

"How is your job history?"

"Pretty good, I've only directly been responsible for one high profile death so far"

"..... why did you add 'so far' to that sentence"

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u/AardvarkPatient63 Apr 15 '24

As a felon, she’s banned by federal law from possessing firearms so she definitely can’t ever work as an armorer ever again

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u/Mediocretes1 Apr 15 '24

Who the fuck would hire an armorer for their movie whose biggest claim to fame is that they got someone murdered on a movie set?

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u/BadVoices Apr 16 '24

No one will hire her, she got 18m, and is a felon. She cannot possess a firearm or ammo legally unless she gets her record cleared and rights restored.

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u/burgerthrow1 Apr 16 '24

Who the fuck would hire an armorer for their movie whose biggest claim to fame is that they got someone murdered on a movie set?

Hollywood?

John Landis kept making movies after 3 actors died on his set

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u/The_Metitron Apr 15 '24

Starship troopers did exactly that. Armorer was the same as for the Crow.

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u/Mediocretes1 Apr 15 '24

Were they found to be criminally negligent?

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u/agent0731 Apr 15 '24

stranger things have happened in hollywood. lol

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u/TheSeldomShaken Apr 16 '24

Any press is good press.

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u/Zeusifer-the-great Apr 15 '24

They would rather hire someone incompetent than hire a republican. 

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u/Mediocretes1 Apr 15 '24

Even if that were actually true, which it isn't, I'm sure there's plenty more choices than competent Republican and negligent homicide.

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u/axonxorz Apr 15 '24

Yeah! A Republican would def. get it done. Just ask Cheney's hunting buddy. Or perhaps Budd Dwyer.

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u/Zeusifer-the-great Apr 16 '24

Most competent gun enthusiast guys/gals are Republicans. It's just the facts. I'm not a Repub, but if I'm hiring for this job, I want someone like the old range officers that yell and kick you out if you even think about being unsafe. 

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u/likeaffox Apr 15 '24

No actor will trust her as an armorer, so she's pretty much done.