Selma Blair arrested after alleged assault on flight, charged with kicking officer and nurse after

NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Selma Blair was arrested aft she was accused of injuring 2 formation attendants connected a travel from Los Angeles to New York. She was besides charged Monday with assaulting a constabulary serviceman taking her to the infirmary and a caregiver aft she arrived there.

Blair, 54, was detained by constabulary astatine astir 11 p.m. Sunday aft the Delta Air Lines pitchy parked astatine the gross astatine John F. Kennedy International Airport, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said successful a statement.

Blair and 1 of the formation attendants were taken to a infirmary for evaluation, the Port Authority said.

A constabulary serviceman taking her to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center said successful charging documents that portion she was securing Blair to a stretcher, Blair pulled a limb from the straps and kicked her repeatedly astir the face, cervix and chest, causing superior symptom and important swelling. Later, a caregiver moving Blair said the histrion kicked her successful the chest, causing important pain.

She was arraigned connected 2 counts of second-degree battle precocious Monday astatine a tribunal successful Queens, wherever a justice acceptable her bail astatine $20,000 currency oregon $60,000 enslaved and acceptable the adjacent proceeding for January.

A Blair typical told The Associated Press that the histrion had a aesculapian exigency that led to the alleged conduct.

Details of what happened aboard the craft weren’t instantly disclosed by the airline, constabulary oregon the FBI, which was investigating, but Delta said successful a connection it “has zero tolerance for unruly oregon unlawful behavior, arsenic the information of our customers and unit ever comes first.”

The FBI besides issued Blair a announcement charging her with battle related to her actions aboard the aircraft, according to a national instrumentality enforcement authoritative who spoke to The Associated Press connected information of anonymity due to the fact that they weren’t authorized to talk publically astir the matter.

Those charges volition beryllium handled done the petty violations tribunal successful national tribunal successful Brooklyn. No day has been acceptable for Blair’s appearance.

It's not the archetypal clip Blair has had issues aboard a plane. In 2016, Blair apologized for making statements she aboriginal regretted during a formation from Cancun to Los Angeles. She said she had mixed intoxicant with medication, causing her to achromatic out.

Blair had large roles successful films including 1999's “Cruel Intentions,” 2001's “Legally Blonde” and 2004's “Hellboy.”

In caller years, she has advocated for disablement rights. She was diagnosed with aggregate sclerosis successful 2018. In 2023, she joined President Joe Biden astatine the White House to observe the day of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Yamat reported from Las Vegas and Dalton from Los Angeles.