BALDWIN’S BLOWING SMOKE!
Flunks lie test after TV claims he didn’t shoot movie staffer
ACTOR Alec Baldwin is “blatantly lying” about his role in cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ gunshot death on a New Mexico movie set, according to a lie detection expert who analyzed the actor’s shocking responses to questions during a TV tell-all.
Certified technician Michael Sylvestre, who uses a superaccurate DecepTech Voice Stress Analysis machine to help in criminal investigations, reviewed seven key voice clips taken from Baldwin’s Dec. 3 sit-down with ABC newsman George Stephanopoulos and concluded the former movie matinee idol is spewing untruths about the tragedy.
When the 63-year-old Boss Baby star insisted he only pointed the antique Colt .45 revolver at Hutchins because the camera gal “told me to,” a graph measuring vocal stress spiked, indicating a falsehood, according to the analyst.
“He is lying about how he was told to hold the gun” before it fired the single bullet that killed Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza on Oct. 21, concludes Sylvestre.
The deadly shooting came hours after seven members of the camera crew quit in protest of late pay and safety conditions on the movie, titled Rust.
The crewmen claim there were two accidental firearms discharges before Hutchins’ killing, yet the producers kept pushing the pace of filming.
Baldwin, who is also a Rust producer, told Stephanopoulos he did “not observe any safety or security issues in the time” before Hutchins was shot.
He also denied corners were cut on the set and washed his hands of any responsibility for the movie’s budgeting.
“My consultations or approvals were completely about casting and about the script,” he says.
But the DecepTech machine’s chart indicates the actor was lying!
“His responsibilities in his consultations clearly extend beyond casting and the script,” Sylvestre says after reviewing the graph.
“He is also blatantly lying about his observations related to safety and security. He knows there is more going on there.”
World-renowned body language expert Patti Wood backed Sylvestre’s conclusions, telling GLOBE Baldwin is not being forthcoming about on-set safety.
“Though his voice is strong, it’s a prepared statement,” she notes. “He is looking down and away and not at the interviewer,” which can indicate deception.
As GLOBE has previously reported, Hutchins, a 42-year-old mom, died during
a rehearsal for the low-budget cowboy flick at Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, N.M. A single lead bullet exploded from Baldwin’s revolver causing her fatal wound.
During his ABC interview,
Baldwin insisted he never pulled the Colt’s trigger.
He claimed he pulled the revolver’s hammer back and released it before the weapon fired.
His claim was backed by the movie’s assistant director David Halls, who insisted Baldwin’s finger remained outside the trigger guard.
However, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza insists “guns don’t just go off. So, whatever needs to happen to manipulate the firearm, Baldwin did that, and it was in his hands.”
Santa Fe County District Attorney Mary CarmackAltwies shot down Baldwin’s TV claims that he’d been told it was “highly unlikely” he would be charged in connection with the shooting.
“Everyone involved in the handling and use of firearms on the set had a duty to behave in a manner such that the safety of others was protected,” says Carmack-Altwies. “It appears that certain actions and inactions” led to Hutchins’ death.
The FBI and the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office are still investigating — and criminal charges are a very real possibility, sources say.
Meanwhile, Sylvestre says his lie detector is giving Baldwin a “circumstantial” pass on how the gun went off, noting, “On a revolver, pulling back the hammer and releasing it would have struck the shell casing, ignited the primer” and fired the bullet, even if the trigger wasn’t touched.
Meanwhile, weeping Baldwin told Stephanopoulos he’s ready to turn his back on Hollywood after 35 years in showbiz.
“Could be, I couldn’t give a s**t about my career anymore,” Baldwin whined.