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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Ramon Antonio Vargas and agencies

Selma Blair ‘did not intend to harm anyone’ during airplane incident, representatives say

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Selma Blair leaves court on 12 October 2026 in New York after her arraignment on charges of injuring two flight attendants during a cross-country flight. Photograph: Ryan Murphy/AP

Actor Selma Blair did not mean to hurt anyone during the recent flight which led to her arrest on allegations that she assaulted a pair of cabin crew members, a police officer and a nurse, her representatives said on Friday in a statement that characterized the episode as a medical emergency.

The lengthy statement also dismissed prior media coverage of Blair’s arrest after a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to New York as unsympathetic and inaccurate, singling out reporting from several outlets alleging that she tried to open the door of the airplane that she and her fellow passengers were on.

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