(Los Angeles) The 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” of how a real bullet could have gotten on the film set and “got into the gun”, which he had been presented with as being. harmless.
A warrant issued Thursday estimates 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 in particular exchanged emails with the gunsmith of the shooting concerning the type of revolver to be used on the fatal scene. The gunsmith had shown him 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 stressed shortly after the tragedy.
In his interview with the ABC channel, Alec Baldwin said he felt neither guilty nor even “responsible” for the death of Halyna Hutchins.