Selma Blair pleads not guilty to assault charges after flight incident
Actor Selma Blair pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree assault after an alleged altercation aboard a Delta Air Lines flight and subsequent incidents involving a police officer and a hospital nurse in New York.
Port Authority police detained Blair, 54, at John F. Kennedy International Airport late Sunday after flight attendants reported a physically abusive passenger on a flight from Los Angeles. Two attendants reported injuries, and one was taken to a hospital. Blair was also transported for evaluation.
State charges stem from allegations that Blair repeatedly kicked an officer who was securing her to a stretcher and later kicked a nurse at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. She was arraigned Monday in Queens, where a judge set bail at $20,000 cash or $60,000 bond. Her next hearing was scheduled for January. …