Selma Blair apologises after arrest following flight incident

Selma Blair has apologised to people she said she had hurt or frightened, more than two weeks after her arrest following a flight from Los Angeles to New York.

“To the people that I disappointed, that I hurt, that I frightened, alarmed, I am so sorry,” the actor said in an Instagram video posted on 30 October, according to Us Weekly. She said she had never intended to hurt or frighten anyone.

Blair said her lawyers had asked her not to discuss what happened on 11 October because of an ongoing legal matter.

The Associated Press reported that Blair was accused of injuring two flight attendants during the journey and of kicking a police officer and a nurse after the plane landed. She pleaded not guilty on 12 October to two New York state assault charges concerning the officer and nurse and was released on bail. AP also reported separate federal charges relating to the flight.

In an earlier statement to ABC News, Blair’s representative said she had experienced a medical emergency on the flight and had not intended to harm anyone. Blair’s next court hearing was scheduled for 19 January 2027, ABC reported.