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Join today<\/a><\/p>\n \n Already a member? Selma Blair has broken her silence on her recent arrest after experiencing a medical emergency<\/a> on a flight.<\/p>\n The Legally Blonde star, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018<\/a>, was arrested Sunday after she was accused of hurting two flight attendants on a trip from Los Angeles to New York. She was detained at the airport, where she also allegedly kicked a police officer and a nurse<\/a>.<\/p>\n Blair, 54, pleaded not guilty Monday night to two counts of assault for the state charges involving the officer and nurse. She also faces separate federal charges of assaults within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the U.S., according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n Now, her representative has shared a statement with People<\/a> about the incident.<\/p>\n \u201cSince Sunday night, the public account of what happened to Selma aboard a flight to New York has been built almost entirely on a police statement and a decade-old headline,\u201d Blair\u2019s spokesperson told the publication.<\/p>\n \u201cA handful of journalists have taken the time to report on Selma as a human being rather than a headline, and we are grateful to them,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cBut fair reporting has been the exception, and in the space left by our silence, speculation has hardened into something being treated as fact. We can, however, correct the record on a few points already in public circulation. <\/p>\n \u201cSelma Blair experienced a medical emergency<\/a> on the flight. There was no attempt to open the door of the aircraft. Selma did not intend to harm anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n The spokesperson continued, adding that \u201cthe suggestion by anyone that Selma does not have multiple sclerosis is outrageous. Her diagnosis has been public since 2018.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat Selma has been able to do physically in the years since is nothing short of a miracle. She still has bad days, and she lives with pain daily. Selma also has pseudobulbar affect, a neurological condition secondary to her MS, which bears directly on how a medical episode presents to people who do not know her. For the same reason, she travels with a service dog who doesn\u2019t leave her side, and the authorities took her dog from her.\u201d<\/p>\n The statement added that Blair \u201chas worked on seven film and television projects in 2026 alone, only a couple of which have been announced. She has launched a skin care line, a clothing line, and a line of eye-glass readers, each built around the idea of beauty and utility for people whose bodies do not always cooperate. She remains a visible and relentless advocate for disability rights, for the MS community, and this year for the Jewish community in the face of rising antisemitism, including from the stage of the ADL\u2019s State of the Arts event at The Jewish Museum two weeks ago. <\/p>\n \u201cSelma had never been arrested before Sunday night.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is much more to this story than has been reported, and we ask to consider the entirety of the facts before rushing to judgment, whether in the courtroom or in the court of public opinion,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n Blair was traveling Sunday on a Delta Airlines flight<\/a> from Los Angeles to New York when she allegedly punched one flight attendant and bit another, TMZ <\/a>reported. Dispatch audio obtained by the outlet revealed that the injuries included a bloody nose and bite marks. One of the flight attendants was reportedly taken to the hospital. Other audio revealed Blair screaming \u201cNo!\u201d repeatedly as alarms went off in the background.<\/p>\n
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Selma Blair was seen Monday after being charged with two counts of assault (AP)<\/p>\n![\"Blair](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2184859253...jpeg\")
Blair experienced a \u2018medical emergency\u2019 on the flight, her rep says (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n