Posted on 01/10/2022 7:37:13 AM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Alec Baldwin refuses to turn his phone over to investigators, who have a warrant to seize it. They believe it could provide evidence clarifying the chain of events that led to the shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of the film “Rust” in New Mexico in October.
And yet, in a video the actor posted to Instagram, he’s “demanding” law enforcement “honor the death” of the cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, by finding out “the truth.” Which, presumably, isn’t on his phone.
The Instagram video came after a Friday New York Post report in which legal experts contacted by the newspaper said “incriminating evidence” could be on the phone or the actor could be worried about privacy violations.
In addition, the deletion of any text messages dealing with the shooting could open Baldwin up to criminal contempt charges.
Investigators say Baldwin shot Hutchins Oct. 21 while he was rehearsing a scene in which he drew a prop gun. A live round was in the chamber and fired, killing the cinematographer and injuring another cast member.
In the five-minute video posted Sunday, Baldwin said “any suggestion that I am not complying with requests or orders or demands or search warrants about my phone, that’s bulls***. That’s a lie.”
Instead, he said that authorities in New Mexico have to go through authorities in New York, where Baldwin is. He said the issue involved identifying exactly what authorities in New Mexico need.
“They can’t just go through your phone and take your photos, or your love letters to your wife, or what have you,” Baldwin said.
But, Baldwin insisted his primary focus is discovering “the truth” about Hutchins’ death — and he’s “demanding” investigators get right on that.
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I thought this was an accident at first. Now I have my doubts.
In related news, OJ is still exhaustively searching for the real perps, one golf course at a time.
Arrest him for obstruction of justice.
The police have a duly-issued warrant.
And it appears Baldwin will defy it. He seems to be relying on NY courts/government protecting him from the consequences.
This will become very interesting
““They can’t just go through your phone and take your photos, or your love letters to your wife, or what have you,”
The equivalent of Hillary’s emails about Yoga and Chelsea’s wedding plans.
baldwin is a democrat. democrats hate and want to kill people
Just arrest him for murder and be done with it.
Property rights-I’m with him.
I want so badly to see this ass in an orange jumpsuit for an extended period of time.
He’s such a monumental asshole I cannot help but feel schadenfreude. Sad that someone had to die at his hands, but I am happy he is suffering.
I don’t think he intended to kill that woman. However, it appears he has something on that phone he doesn’t want cops to see. Hmmm
This freaking creep should be in prison for the rest of his life. He’s a POS and everybody knows it.
Dude looks like he’s been downing a pint of vodka every day, frankly. He’s not helping his case.
Remember, “IF I did it....”
Visits to Little St. James island for fun and games with with Jeff and Ghislaine? And their very young friends?
I am very low tech and don’t know how these sort of things work, but can’t they just go on “the cloud” and get the info that they need from his phone?
I’m guessing that he was playing around with her and fired intentionally not understanding the gun was loaded with active ammo.
As for the phone, he is probably just hiding his first call being to his lawyer.
I am surprised they are giving Baldwin any grief, at all, considering his Trump hating credentials as a card-carrying left-winger.
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