By Kristin Wilcha
New Faces
Creative director John McNeil is joining McCann Erickson, San Francisco, to head creative on the Microsoft account. He was previously with Ogilvy & Mather, New York.
Bertrand Garbassi is joining chemistri, Troy, Mich., to head the creative on the Cadillac account. He comes over from Young & Rubicam Detroit, Dearborn, Mich., where he served as co-creative director.
David Jenkins has joined agency Sedgwick Rd., Seattle, as senior VP/executive creative director.
Logan Wilmont, co-executive creative director at kirshenbaum bond + partners, New York, is leaving the agency to open a new venture in London.
Todd Lamb, a copywriter and art director, has joined Mother, New York. He was previously with Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco.
Account Movement
Samsung is consolidating its global ad account—estimated to be worth $400 million—with a team of agencies from the WPP Group. J. Walter Thompson, New York, will provide global management, while Berlin Cameron/Red Cell, New York, will handle creative duties.
Young & Rubicam, New York, has won ad duties on the Weight Watchers account.
Crispin Porter+Bogusky, Miami, has resigned the Ikea account, estimated at $40 million. Ikea has selected Santa Monica agency Secret Weapon to handle the account.
Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), New York, has won ad duties on Diageo’s Smirnoff Ice account.
Movie Armorer’s Involuntary Manslaughter Conviction Upheld In Fatal “Rust” Shooting
A New Mexico judge on Monday upheld an involuntary manslaughter conviction against a movie armorer in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film "Rust."
Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed asked a court to dismiss her conviction or convene a new trial, alleging that prosecutors failed to share evidence that could have cleared her.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer in her written order noted that the armorer's attorneys did not establish that there was a reasonable possibility that the outcome of the trial would have been different had the evidence been available to Gutierrez-Reed.
The judge also rejected a request from Gutierrez-Reed that she be released from custody, saying it was moot because the request for a new trial was denied.
Marlow Sommer halted and ended Baldwin's trial in July based on misconduct of police and prosecutors and their withholding evidence from the defense in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set outside Santa Fe.
Baldwin, the lead actor and co-producer for "Rust," was pointing a gun at Hutchins during a rehearsal on a movie set outside Santa Fe when the revolver went off, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza.
A jury convicted Gutierrez-Reed of involuntary manslaughter in March in a trial overseen by Marlowe Sommer, who later sentenced her to the maximum 18-month penalty. Gutierrez-Reed has an appeal of the conviction pending in a higher court. Jurors acquitted her of allegations she tampered with evidence in the "Rust" investigation.
Prosecutors blamed Gutierrez-Reed for unwittingly bringing live ammunition onto the set of "Rust" and for failing to follow basic gun safety protocols.
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