Selma Blair pleads not guilty to assaulting police officer, nurse after Delta Airlines incident
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Set us as preferred Selma Blair is facing prosecution for more than her alleged altercation with two flight attendants aboard a Delta Airlines flight on Sunday.The “Legally Blonde” and “Cruel Intentions” star wound up in New York criminal court Monday evening for what allegedly occurred after the mid-flight incident.The Queens district attorney charged Blair, 54, with two counts of second-degree assault stemming from her alleged violent conduct toward a police officer and a hospital nurse late Sunday evening and early Monday morning.
Blair, whose mid-flight conduct is under federal investigation, is accused of kicking a Port Authority Police Department officer as she was being transported from John F.Kennedy International Airport to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, according to an affidavit obtained by The Times.
She is also accused of kicking a hospital nurse.Blair appeared emotional in court during a hearing Monday evening.
“This was not an intentional assault,” her attorney Shawn Barnes said in court, according to the New York Post.The actor pleaded not guilty to the charges.Queens County Court Judge Indira Khan set bail at $20,000 cash, $60,000 bond or a $60,000 partially secured bond.
Blair was released Monday.Blair’s attorneys did not immediately respond on Tuesday to a request for comment.
Entertainment & Arts Selma Blair was taken into custody following a Delta flight incident where two crew members needed medical care.The FBI is investigating.According to the affidavit, the police officer was assisting with transporting Blair from the airport to the hospital on a stretcher.
She alleged that while she was securing the actor, Blair “removed her leg from the stretcher straps and kicked” the officer “repeatedly about the face, neck and chest.” The officer allegedly sustained swelling in her...