Selma Blair appears at 90s Con days after her arrest in connection with alleged airline assault
Selma Blair appears at 90s Con in first public appearance since arrestCredit: Brad Deiter/InstagramThe “Cruel Intentions” star’s rep called the incident a “medical emergency.”Key Points
Actress Selma Blair appeared at 90s Con in Hartford, Connecticut, days after being arrested in connection with an in-flight incident.
Blair has pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree assault.
Cruel Intentions, Can’t Hardly Wait, and Legally Blonde are some of the star’s movies from the era.
Selma Blair appeared Friday at 90s Con, just five days after she was arrested on a flight and subsequently hospitalized, following an alleged confrontation with flight attendants.
Organizers That’s4Entertainment had said Monday that Blair would still be attending the fan convention in Hartford, Connecticut, and photographs from the event appeared to show Blair walking through the venue.
An actress in ’90s movies including Cruel Intentions and Can’t Hardly Wait, as well as 2001’s Legally Blonde, Blair was scheduled to offer autographs, selfies, and professional photo ops. At one time she had been scheduled to participate in a Q&A panel, but That’s4Entertainment explained before her arrest that she wouldn’t be doing a panel after all, because she had “elected to spend more time at table to meet fans.”
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The actress was arrested and hospitalized Oct. 11 after she allegedly bit a flight attendant and punched another on a flight from Los Angeles International Airport to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Entertainment Weekly confirmed the incident with the New York Port Authority, and a rep said its officers had responded to a report of “a physically abusive passenger aboard Delta Airlines flight 938” at about 11 p.m. ET.
“Suspect was identified as Selma Blair, a 54 year-old woman,” a spokesperson said. “She was taken into custody and transported to the hospital for evaluation. Two flight attendants also reported injuries, and one was transported to the hospital for further evaluation. The FBI is investigating this incident. For further information please reach out the airline and the FBI.”
The FBI gave a statement to EW: “The FBI is responsible for investigating all assaults aboard aircraft. Yesterday, we were informed by our partners at Port Authority Police Department of a potential assault aboard a flight that arrived into JFK airport. As per long-standing DOJ policy, we do not comment on ongoing investigations.”
Selma Blair in AprilCredit: Amy Sussman/Getty
Blair is in remission for multiple sclerosis, which she was diagnosed with in 2018.
Her lawyers in court had said Blair missed her medicine before the incident.
A rep for the actress said in a statement to EW’s sister site PEOPLE, in part, that she had “experienced a medical emergency on the flight. There was no attempt to open the door of the aircraft. Selma did not intend to harm anyone.”
She pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree assault in court.
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