Selma Blair Apologizes After Arrest, Citing Ongoing Case

Selma Blair apologized in an Instagram video Friday for alarming or hurting people, while saying her lawyers had advised her not to discuss the Oct. 11 incident that led to her arrest. She said she took the matter seriously and had never intended to hurt or frighten anyone. Blair addressed people she said she had disappointed, hurt, frightened or alarmed, and apologized. She also thanked supporters for their messages and said she would focus on her health and her son. She did not describe what happened aboard the flight, saying she was following her lawyers’ advice because of the ongoing legal matter. Blair has pleaded not guilty to two second-degree assault charges stemming from alleged attacks on a Port Authority police officer and a nurse after her flight from Los Angeles arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Her next court appearance in Queens is scheduled for Jan. 19, 2027. Port Authority officials said officers responded to a report of a physically abusive passenger aboard Delta Flight 938 after it arrived at the airport on Oct. 11. Blair was taken into custody and transported to a hospital for evaluation, according to the officials’ account. The assault...