Selma Blair Arrested at JFK After Allegedly Attacking Flight Attendants on Delta Flight
The actress was taken into custody and hospitalized after allegedly punching and biting crew members while attempting to open a plane door mid-flight.
First reported by Variety, 23 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
The story so far
10 publishers have covered this in 10 articles since 12 Oct 2026. Variety published first, on 12 October at 18:08 UTC; Consequence followed 23 min later. The most recent article, from BBC Entertainment, appeared on 12 October at 20:59 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), The Guardian (major outlet), The Hill (major outlet), The New York Times (major outlet), Consequence, Rolling Stone, Deadline, South China Morning Post, BBC Entertainment.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- VarietySelma Blair Arrested After Allegedly Biting Flight Attendant and Trying to Open Plane Door; Rep Says She Suffered ‘Medical Emergency’
- ConsequenceSelma Blair Arrested After Attempting to Open Airplane Door Mid-Flight, Assaulting Crew
- The Hollywood ReporterSelma Blair Taken Into Custody at New York’s JFK Airport After Allegedly Punching, Biting Delta Staffers
- Rolling StoneSelma Blair Arrested After ‘Medical Emergency’ Led to Physical Altercation on Flight
- DeadlineSelma Blair Taken To Hospital After Allegedly Biting Flight Attendant & Trying To Open Plane Door
- South China Morning PostActress Selma Blair arrested by police responding to abusive plane passenger
- The GuardianSelma Blair arrested at JFK after she allegedly attacked flight attendants
- The HillSelma Blair taken into custody, hospitalized after allegedly trying to open plane door
- The New York TimesActress Selma Blair Is Arrested in Assault on Flight Attendants
- BBC EntertainmentUS actress Selma Blair accused of assault after incident with flight attendants
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Actress Selma Blair Is Arrested in Assault on Flight Attendants The New York Times ·
- Selma Blair taken into custody, hospitalized after allegedly trying to open plane door The Hill ·
- Selma Blair arrested at JFK after she allegedly attacked flight attendants The Guardian ·
- Selma Blair Taken Into Custody at New York’s JFK Airport After Allegedly Punching, Biting Delta Staffers The Hollywood Reporter ·
- Selma Blair Arrested After Allegedly Biting Flight Attendant and Trying to Open Plane Door; Rep Says She Suffered ‘Medical Emergency’ Variety ·
- US actress Selma Blair accused of assault after incident with flight attendants BBC Entertainment
Show 4 more sources
- Actress Selma Blair arrested by police responding to abusive plane passenger South China Morning Post
- Selma Blair Taken To Hospital After Allegedly Biting Flight Attendant & Trying To Open Plane Door Deadline
- Selma Blair Arrested After ‘Medical Emergency’ Led to Physical Altercation on Flight Rolling Stone
- Selma Blair Arrested After Attempting to Open Airplane Door Mid-Flight, Assaulting Crew Consequence
In this story
- Selma Blair
- Delta Air Lines
- JFK Airport