{"id":20701,"date":"2021-12-17T05:36:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T10:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=20701"},"modified":"2021-12-17T05:36:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T10:36:44","slug":"rust-police-obtain-search-warrant-for-alec-baldwins-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/12\/17\/rust-police-obtain-search-warrant-for-alec-baldwins-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Rust: Police obtain search warrant for Alec Baldwin’s phone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police investigating the fatal shooting on the set of the Alec Baldwin film Rust have obtained a search warrant for the actor’s phone.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died and director Joel Souza was injured in October, when Mr Baldwin was rehearsing drawing a prop gun.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Baldwin, 63, has insisted he “didn’t pull the trigger”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The warrant was issued by a Sante Fe court in New Mexico – the state where Rust was being filmed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It says “there may be evidence on the phone” that could be “material and relevant to this investigation”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Investigators asked to confiscate Mr Baldwin’s Apple iPhone that is “believed to be in his possession”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They wanted to look at text messages, emails, web browser history and other information stored on the phone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It comes two weeks after\u00a0the star gave his first TV interview about the incident<\/a>, in which he said he did not pull the trigger, but the gun went off anyway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger at them. Never,” he told George Stephanopoulos of ABC News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Baldwin said he had been told “it’s highly unlikely that I would be charged with anything criminally”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The actor said he is fully co-operating with the police investigation into the shooting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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No criminal charges have been brought against anyone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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