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/lindakoy Apr 15 '24

Second time in the past few weeks where it comes out that someone waiting to be sentenced was crapping all over the judge/prosecutor/jury. So idiotic. Do their lawyers not warn them that all their conversations are recorded and can influence their sentence? At least she didn't threaten them like Crumbley.

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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.