# Selma Blair charged with assault after plane incident

> The Legally Blonde actress faces two additional assault charges after allegedly attacking officers and a nurse following a disturbance on a Delta flight.
- Title: Selma Blair charged with assault after plane incident
- Summary: The Legally Blonde actress faces two additional assault charges after allegedly attacking officers and a nurse following a disturbance on a Delta flight…
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- Source: BBC News — https://bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck86zje2z4pwo
- Published: 2026-10-13T22:52:21.931+00:00
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## Actress arrested after flight disturbance
Selma Blair was arrested late Sunday in New York after allegedly attacking flight attendants on a Delta plane travelling from Los Angeles to New York.The FBI issued her a federal summons for assault on board.
## Two additional assault charges filed
Blair faces two additional assault charges filed in state court after she was removed from the plane. Prosecutors allege she kicked a police officer in an ambulance and assaulted a nurse at hospital.
## Judge denies celebrity exception
At her arraignment in Queens, Blair's attorney Shawn Barnes asked the judge to consider her body of work and show leniency.

> she should not "get special treatment"
## Bail set, next hearing scheduled
The judge set Blair's bail at twenty thousand dollars cash or sixty thousand dollars bond with the next hearing scheduled for January nineteenth.It is unclear when a date will be set for the federal case.
## Key takeaway

Actress Selma Blair was charged with two additional assault counts after allegedly kicking a police officer in an ambulance and assaulting a nurse at hospital following a disturbance on a Delta flight from Los Angeles to New York on Sunday.