The American actor Alec Baldwin assured Saturday January 8 to collaborate in the investigation into the shooting which killed the director of photography during the shooting of the film Rust, nearly a month after the police were allowed to seize his cell phone.
“Any implication that I do not comply with queries, orders, demands or foreclosure warrants regarding my phone is bullshit, it is a lie.”, launched the actor in a video posted on Instagram.
Facing the camera installed in his car, in a very firm but calm tone, he explained that the authorities of the state of New Mexico, where the tragedy occurred last October, were working in connection with those of New York State, where he lives, and the process to retrieve the phone was taking time. “Of course, we’re going to be 1,000% compliant with all of that. We totally agree with that.”, assured the actor.
The American police officers in charge of the investigation were authorized on December 16 to seize the cell phone of Alec Baldwin, who was handling the revolver in question during the accident, and who is also the producer of the western on a low budget.
At the time of the drama, on October 21 at a ranch in Santa Fe (New Mexico), Alec Baldwin was working on a scene with director of photography Halyna Hutchins. He maintains that he never pulled the trigger of the gun when the shot was fired, saying that he contented himself with cocking the hammer. And he said in a TV interview that he didn’t have “no idea” how a real bullet may have ended up on the film set and “get into the gun”, that had been presented to him as harmless.
The warrant issued in mid-December estimates that “there may be evidence on the phone “ relating to this matter, such as messages or emails sent or received by Alec Baldwin regarding the production of Rust. No arrests have been made in this case to date, but criminal prosecution is not excluded, including against Alec Baldwin, should responsibility be established.
In an interview with the American channel ABC, broadcast on December 2, Alec Baldwin said he felt neither guilty nor even “responsible” of the death of Halyna Hutchins.
“The best way, the only way to pay homage to Halyna Hutchins is to find out the truth. This is what I work on, what I insist on, what I demand”Alec Baldwin said, even repeating his phrase, in his Instagram post.