Selma Blair apologizes in video over alleged plane incident

Blair pleaded not guilty to two state counts of second-degree assault and was released on bail, according to the supplied reports. The charges relate to an alleged confrontation involving people connected with a flight, but the allegations have not been established as fact.

Reports differ on the precise chronology. Variety reported that the alleged incident occurred on or around October 11 and that Blair was removed from a plane at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The Guardian described the flight as traveling from Los Angeles to New York and said the incident occurred earlier that month.

The accounts also vary over who was allegedly involved and what conduct was reported. They variously refer to a nurse, a flight attendant, a police officer and other crew members, while describing alleged kicking, biting or injury. Those details remain allegations, and the supplied material does not establish an identical list of alleged victims or a settled account of what happened.

Blair’s apology is therefore her first public response amid an unresolved legal case, rather than a determination of the allegations. Her video expressed remorse toward people she said she had hurt, frightened or alarmed, while the available reports do not provide a complete, consistent sequence of the flight incident, the alleged conduct and her removal.