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Oct 16, 2026 at 9:05 PM ET
Blair representative says she did not intend harm
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A representative for Selma Blair said Friday that she did not intend to harm anyone during a flight incident and reiterated that she experienced a medical emergency. Blair had pleaded not guilty days earlier to two counts of second-degree assault connected to the incident; she is accused of kicking a Port Authority police officer and a nurse.
WHO: A representative for Selma Blair
WHAT: Said Blair did not intend to harm anyone during the flight incident and reiterated that she experienced a medical emergency.
WHEN: Oct 16, 2026
WHERE: USA
WHY: The representative's statement responded to the public account of what happened aboard the flight, which the representative said was built almost entirely on a police statement and an old headline.
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