Seth Kenney, prop supplier for “Rust” and owner of PDQ Props, was called to the stand at a special motion hearing on Friday, July 12.
Morrissey shows Kenny screenshots of text messages between Kenny and former Arizona state police officer Troy Teske (who is also a friend of Hannah Gutierrez Reed's father, Thel Reed), showing bullets.
Kenney confirmed that the bullets previously came from the set of “1883” in Texas.
Asked if that ammunition was ever brought to the “Last” site at Bonanza Creek Ranch, Kenney said, “Absolutely not.”
“Have you found out anything about the evidence in this case or the live ammunition that was stored there after November 1, 2021?” Morrissey asked Kenney, to which he replied “yes.”
Morrissey pressed, “Do you still believe this is evidence of an accidental death?” to which Kenny replied, “Absolutely not.”
“I've never spent as much time on a box of dummy bullets as I did on the ones that came from 1883, the dummy bullets that were sent to Rust,” Kenney said. “So I've never questioned providing live ammunition to Rust.”
Hours earlier, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the jury in Alec Baldwin's “Lust” shooting trial until 8:30 a.m. local time Monday.
Sommer heard arguments about live ammunition handed over to police following the conclusion of the trial of “Last” gunmaker Hannah Gutierrez Reed.
Baldwin's defense team argued that the prosecution concealed the real bullets from the defense by labelling them with a different case number. Alex Spiro also pointed out that the bullets were not sent to the FBI for analysis, even though they could have matched bullets found in the possession of prop distributor Seth Kenney.