Actress Selma Blair arraigned after allegedly biting flight attendant, kicking officer, assaulting nurse

Actress Selma Blair was arrested after allegedly biting a flight attendant on board a Delta Air Traces flight from Los Angeles to New York’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport on Sunday night time. Following her arrest, she allegedly kicked a police officer and a nurse and is going through two assault prices.

Two flight attendants reported accidents through the flight, and one was taken to the hospital after the incident, in accordance with the Port Authority Police Division. One of many flight attendants was bitten and the opposite sustained a laceration, in accordance with a regulation enforcement supply.

Her legal professional stated Blair skilled a “medical emergency” on the airplane, however didn’t get into specifics. Blair has been outspoken about her battle with a number of sclerosis.

The incident occurred at 11 p.m. on Delta Air Traces Flight 938. The flight crew wanted to restrain Blair, a regulation enforcement supply stated. 

On air visitors management audio, the pilot might be heard calling for medical personnel to come back to the airplane. 

“Ah, a bloody nostril in addition to some chunk marks as nicely, so I do not suppose we want an ambulance or something like that but when we might get some medical personnel on the gate, to have a look at their accidents,” the pilot stated in audio captured on ATC.com. “It sounds just like the disruptive passenger additionally bashed her head on the bulkhead or one thing like that, so we’ll clearly need to get her probably checked out in addition to nicely as regulation enforcement.”

Regulation enforcement sources stated Blair tried to open one of many cabin doorways and needed to be restrained for the remainder of the flight. 

Port Authority Police have been known as to the airplane, together with the FBI. Blair was transported to Jamaica Hospital for analysis after the incident. Whereas within the ambulance, she allegedly kicked a PAPD officer, and as soon as on the hospital, she allegedly assaulted a nurse, prosecutors stated.

Blair was later launched from the hospital and brought to Queens Central Reserving. She was then arraigned on two counts of second-degree assault at a courtroom in Queens, the place she pleaded not responsible. A decide set her bail at $20,000 money or $60,000 bond and set the following listening to for Jan. 19.

The assault prices are state prices associated to the alleged incidents within the ambulance and hospital.

This is not the primary time Blair has been faraway from a flight. Again in 2016, she was eliminated by stretcher after an episode on one other Delta flight. As for what allegedly occurred on Sunday night time, the FBI gave her a summons for assaults inside particular maritime and territorial jurisdiction of america, a federal regulation enforcement supply stated.

No date has been set for the federal case in opposition to her.

“Delta has zero tolerance for unruly or illegal habits, as the protection of our prospects and crew at all times comes first,” the airline stated in a press release.   

Blair was touring along with her service canine, which is now within the custody of her legal professional.

Blair has been outspoken about her battle with a number of sclerosis. In 2025, she gave an interview to Folks journal and Journey & Leisure speaking concerning the difficulties she had touring. In her 2022 memoir, she additionally has a chapter known as “Chunk Me,” the place she wrote about previous cases the place she bit different celebrities whereas ingesting.

Blair has appeared in such movies as “Merciless Intentions,” “Legally Blonde,” and “Hellboy,” amongst others. In 2022, she was a contestant on “Dancing with the Stars.”