In a new video posted to social media, Alec Baldwin has disputed claims that he isn’t complying as he should with the investigation into the tragic Rust shooting.
It’s now almost three months since Baldwin discharged a live round from a prop gun on the set of the western film last October, ultimately killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. The actor is adamant that he was told the prop gun was “cold” by the assistant director.
The Santa Fe Sheriff’s Department have been continuing their investigation into the shooting over the last several months, which included issuing a search warrant in December to go through Baldwin’s phone.
In a new video posted to Instagram this week, he vehemently denied reports that he’s not complying with their investigation. “Any suggestion that I am not complying with requests or orders or demands or search warrants about my phone, that’s bullshit, that’s a lie,” he insisted.
“This is a process where one state makes the request of another state. Someone from another state can’t come to you and say, ‘Give me your phone. Give me this give me that.’ They can’t do that. They’re going to go through the state you live in.”
He continued: “And it’s a process that takes time. They have to specify what exactly they want. They can’t just go through your phone and take your photos, your love letters to your wife or what have you. I really don’t know but of course we are 1,000 per cent going to comply with all that. We’re perfectly fine with that. As I say, always consider the source.”
Baldwin even referenced the death of acting legend Sidney Poitier in his video. “[Poitier’s) on the cover of the Daily News, and the cover of the Post has something else. Sidney Poitier, one of the icons of his business, one of the kings, movie royalty, dies and on the cover of the Post they have other lies and bullshit and nonsense.
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He added: “The best way, the only way we can honour the death of Halyna Hutchins is to find out the truth. That’s what I’m working toward, insisting on, demanding that the organisations involved in this investigation do everything in their power, everything in their power to find out what really happened. That’s all that matters.”
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