NEW FACES
Marcus Kemp is joining BBDO Atlanta as vice chairman/chief creative officer on Jan. 3. Currently, he is managing director/worldwide creative director on the Intel account at Euro RSCG Worldwide, which is headquartered in New York.
Jeff Nieberding has joined agency Young & Laramore, Indianapolis, as a senior writer. Additionally, Trevor Williams has been promoted to associate creative director.
Crystal Irvin is joining agency LevLane, Philadelphia, as an assistant art director.
ACCOUNT MOVEMENT
DDB Worldwide, New York, will create the next campaign for Diet Pepsi. It has yet to be determined if the entire account will move to the agency from BDDO New York.
TBWA Worldwide, headquartered in New York, has won the global corporate image account for electronics and communications giant Siemens.
Euro RSCG Worldwide, New York, has won creative duties on the Charles Schwab account, estimated at $100 million.
Saatchi & Saatchi Consumer Healthcare, New York, has won ad duties on the Levitra 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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