Selma Blair Breaks Her Silence Upon Arrest on Plane in Lengthy Statement from Rep: ‘Selma Didn’t Intend to Harm Anyone’ (Exclusive)

NEED TO KNOW

• A representative for Selma Blair shared a statement with PEOPLE regarding Blair’s October 11 arrest

• The actress has pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree assault following her arrest following an alleged altercation on a Delta Airlines flight.

• Blair “experienced a medical emergency during the flight” and “did not intend to harm anyone,” his spokesperson said in the statement.

Selma Blair’s spokesperson released a statement regarding the actress’ recent arrest.

“Since Sunday evening, the public narrative of what happened in Selma aboard a flight to New York has relied almost entirely on a police statement and a decade-old headline,” Blair’s spokesperson said in a statement shared exclusively with PEOPLE.

Blair, 54, was arrested at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport before being taken to a hospital. following an alleged altercation with crew members on a Delta Airlines flight on October 11. After appearing in court the next day and pleading not guilty to two counts of second-degree assault, the actress was released on bail.

“A handful of journalists took the time to talk about Selma as a human being rather than a headline, and we are grateful to them,” the statement continued. “But honest reporting has been the exception, and in the space left by our silence, speculation has hardened and been treated as fact. We can, however, correct the facts on a few points already in public circulation. Selma Blair experienced a medical emergency during the flight. There was no attempt to open the plane door. Selma did not intend to harm anyone.”

Blair publicly revealed her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, a chronic autoimmune disease, in 2018.

In the statement shared with PEOPLE, the spokesperson adds that “anyone’s suggestion that Selma does not have multiple sclerosis is outrageous.” Her diagnosis has been public since 2018. What Selma has been able to do physically in the years since is nothing short of a miracle. For the same reason, she travels with an assistance dog who does not leave her side and the authorities took her dog away.”

Blair, the release continued, “has worked on seven film and television projects in 2026 alone, of which only a few have been announced. She launched a skincare line, a clothing line, and a reading glasses line, each built around the idea of ​​beauty and utility for people whose bodies don’t always cooperate. The ADL’s State of the Arts event at the Jewish Museum two weeks ago had never been stopped before Sunday evening. »

He concludes: “There is much more to this story than has been reported, and we ask that the full facts be considered before rushing to judgment, whether in the courtroom or in the court of public opinion.”

Blair was accused of repeatedly kicking a police officer and a nurse in the chest aboard the Oct. 11 flight, according to a criminal court affidavit. Dispatch audio obtained by PEOPLE on Oct. 12 indicated that an emergency responder identified a person involved in the plane incident as injured with “a few bite marks” in addition to other minor injuries.

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An FBI spokesperson confirmed on October 12 that the agency was investigating the incident. Delta Airlines “has zero tolerance for unruly or illegal behavior because the safety of our customers and crew always comes first,” an airline spokesperson told PEOPLE.

Blair has faced several headline-grabbing controversies over the years. In 2016, the Cruel intentions The star publicly apologized after causing a disturbance and being kicked off a flight in Los Angeles following a trip to Cancun, Mexico.

In his 2022 memoirs Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing UpBlair included a chapter titled “Bite Me”, in which she wrote that in social settings she had bitten Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane and Kate Moss at different times over the years.

Blair has also previously made headlines for his Islamophobic comments after leaving a since-deleted comment under an Instagram post that said: “Expel all these morons who support terrorism. Islam destroyed Muslim countries, then they come here and destroy minds. They know they are liars. Twisted justifications. May they meet their fate.”

Blair later issued a statement on Instagram apologizing “with love and respect” for making the comment “inadvertently” after “commenting on a post from Abraham Hamra regarding two members of Congress who oppose the October 7 Hamas terrorist ban from entering the United States.”

Following his October 11 arrest, Blair is still scheduled to appear as scheduled at the upcoming 90s Conference in Hartford, Connecticut, October 16-18.

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