A judge validated their request. American police officers in charge of the investigation into the death of a filmmaker on the set of the film Rust were allowed Thursday to seize the cell phone of actor Alec Baldwin, who was handling the gun in the accident and is also producer of the western.
At the time of the tragedy, on October 21 at a ranch in Santa Fe (New Mexico), Alec Baldwin was working on a scene with director of photography Halyna Hutchins. Alec Baldwin maintains that he never pulled the trigger on 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 had “no idea” how an actual bullet could have ended up on the film set and “got into the gun”, which he was presented with as being. harmless.
Emails exchanged the previous days
A warrant issued Thursday estimated that “there may be evidence on the phone” relating to this case, such as messages or emails sent or received by Alec Baldwin regarding the production of Rust.
According to the warrant, Alec Baldwin had notably exchanged emails with the gunsmith of the shoot regarding the type of gun to be used on the fatal scene. The gunsmith had presented him with different models but Alec Baldwin “said he asked for a bigger gun.”
No arrests have taken place to date in this case but criminal prosecution is not excluded in the event that responsibilities are established, the Santa Fe prosecutor’s services underlined shortly after the tragedy. In his interview with the channel ABC, Alec Baldwin had declared to feel neither guilty nor even “responsible” for the death of Halyna Hutchins.