Alec Baldwin insisted Saturday he was complying with an investigation into the fatal shooting on the set of his movie “Rust,” though he has yet to turn over his cellphone to New Mexico police.
Authorities have a warrant for the actor’s phone as they probe the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed by a live round from a prop gun held by Baldwin, 63, on set in October.
“Any suggestion that I am not complying with requests or orders or demands or search warrants about my phone, that’s bulls–t, that’s a lie,” the actor said as he sat behind the wheel of a parked vehicle in the Hamptons in a lengthy Instagram video Saturday.
“This is a process where one state makes the request of another state,” he explained of the New Mexico warrant. “It’s a process that takes time, they have to specify what they want. We are one thousand percent going to comply with all that.”
On Friday, The Post spoke to legal experts who speculated that Baldwin had not yet complied with a warrant demanding his phone because it may contain “incriminating” evidence that could hold him in criminal contempt, or sensitive personal material.
Baldwin denounced The Post in the video, claiming its coverage of the actor’s failure to turn over his phone to cops investigating the fatal shooting was “lies, and bulls–t and nonsense.”
Baldwin spent nearly three minutes of the lengthy IG post emphatically pushing back on The Post report while insisting he was in complete compliance with authorities, who are weighing whether to bring charges against the actor, or others involved in the film’s ill-fated production.
The Massapequa native then blasted The Post for featuring the story on the cover of Saturday’s paper.
“Sidney Poitier — one of the icons of the business, one of the kings of movie royalty dies –and on the cover of The Post they have other lies and bulls–t and nonsense,” he ranted.
“It’s all going to work out, regardless of what they say in these right-wing rag sheets, and people who are all about hate,” Baldwin continued.
Legal experts had said it was eyebrow raising that Baldwin had not yet complied with the December warrant, telling The Post that appearances mattered.
“It’s not consistent with his pledge early on to cooperate with law enforcement,” said Kevin Kearon, a former Nassau District Attorney’s Office who practices criminal defense law. “It certainly looks suspicious to the average person.”
Baldwin calmly insisted to his social media followers that the legal observer was way off-base.
“The only way we can honor the death of Halyna Hutchins is to find out the truth; that’s what I’m working towards. Insisting on. Demanding.”
“Any suggestion that I’m not complying, is a lie.”
In addition to a potential criminal investigation, Baldwin is facing multiple lawsuits related to the homicide.
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