Selma Blair pleads not guilty to assaulting police officer, nurse after Delta Airlines incident - BERITAJA

Selma Blair is facing prosecution for much than her alleged altercation pinch two formation attendants aboard a Delta Airlines flight connected Sunday. The “Legally Blonde” and “Cruel Intentions” prima coiled up successful New York criminal tribunal Monday evening for what allegedly occurred aft the mid-flight incident.

The Queens territory lawyer charged Blair, 54, pinch 2 counts of second-degree battle stemming from her alleged convulsive behaviour toward a constabulary serviceman and a infirmary caregiver precocious Sunday evening and early Monday morning. Blair, whose mid-flight behaviour is under national investigation, is accused of kicking a Port Authority Police Department serviceman arsenic she was being transported from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, according to an affidavit obtained by The Times. She is besides accused of kicking a infirmary nurse.

Blair appeared affectional successful tribunal during a proceeding Monday evening.

“This was not an intentional assault,” her lawyer Shawn Barnes said successful court, according to the New York Post. The character pleaded not blameworthy to the charges.

Queens County Court Judge Indira Khan group bail astatine $20,000 cash, $60,000 enslaved aliases a $60,000 partially secured bond. Blair was released Monday. Blair’s attorneys did not instantly respond connected Tuesday to a petition for comment.

According to the affidavit, the constabulary serviceman was assisting pinch transporting Blair from the airdrome to the infirmary connected a stretcher. She alleged that while she was securing the actor, Blair “removed her limb from the stretcher straps and kicked” the serviceman “repeatedly about the face, cervix and chest.” The serviceman allegedly sustained swelling successful her jaw, and “substantial” symptom to her face, cervix and thorax and received curen astatine a section hospital.

The infirmary caregiver said she interacted pinch Blair astatine about 2 a.m. Monday astatine Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. According to the affidavit, the caregiver was besides helping carrier Blair for further curen “when the suspect kicked [the nurse] successful her chest.”

Blair’s accused battle connected the constabulary serviceman and caregiver came aft she allegedly became physically abusive pinch formation unit during the Sunday formation from Los Angeles International Airport to JFK. The New York Port Authority confirmed officers responded to a telephone about 11 p.m. Sunday. Two formation attendants needed aesculapian assistance aft an alleged altercation during the flight. One formation attendant besides was transported to a infirmary for further evaluation.

The FBI is investigating the incident, and connected Monday, the agency issued the character a announcement charging her pinch assault, per a national rule enforcement charismatic who said to the Associated Press connected information of anonymity. The petty violations tribunal successful Brooklyn will grip the case, per the outlet.

“Selma knowledgeable a aesculapian emergency that led to the alleged conduct,” a typical for Blair told The Times connected Monday. “Upon landing, she received contiguous aesculapian attraction and is presently successful unchangeable condition.”

In a connection to The Times, a spokesperson for Delta Airlines said it has “zero tolerance for unruly aliases unlawful behavior, arsenic the information of our customers and unit ever comes first.”

Times unit writer Emily St. Martin contributed to this report.