Actress on Sunday, October 11 Selma Blair A medical emergency was experienced aboard a Delta flight from Los Angeles to New York City.
According to multiple reports, the 54-year-old cruel intentions The star has been accused of injuring two flight attendants during an episode of personal crisis. It has also been claimed that she allegedly tried to open the door mid-flight, but this has been denied by her representative.
After the flight landed, he was detained and admitted to the hospital. Reports claim that during this time she allegedly kicked a police officer as well as a nurse while she was still enduring her medical emergency.
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Selma has since been charged with two counts of second-degree assault, and her attorney has entered a plea of not guilty.
legally blonde The thespian has been publicly battling multiple sclerosis since 2018. MS is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system. Her lawyer notes that she had missed her medication before the flight.
In a new statement issued on People Magazine on Friday, his representative says:
“Since Sunday night, the public account of what happened to Selma on the flight to New York has been built almost entirely on a police statement and a decades-old headline. A handful of journalists have taken the time to report on Selma as a human being rather than a headline, and we are grateful to them. But fair reporting has been the exception, and in the space left by our silence, speculation is being treated as fact. However, we are on the record at some points already in public circulation. Selma Blair suffered a medical emergency on the flight. She did not intend to harm anyone.
The representative hits back at anyone saying he doesn’t have MS:
“Any suggestion that Selma does not have multiple sclerosis is outrageous. Her diagnosis has been public since 2018. What Selma has been able to do physically over the years is nothing short of a miracle. She still has bad days, and she lives with the pain daily. Selma also has pseudobulbar affect, a neurological condition secondary to her MS, which is directly dependent on how a medical episode presents to those people. Those who do not know her. For this reason, she travels with a service dog that she does not leave with her and the authorities took her dog away from her.”
Noting that she had “never been arrested before Sunday night,” her representative insisted:
“There is much more to this story than has been reported, and we ask that the full facts be considered before making decisions, whether in a courtroom or the court of public opinion.”
You can read the full statement Here.
Selma is a disability rights advocate, an artist and a human being. We wish her healing and grace as she navigates her path forward.
Click to learn more about multiple sclerosis Here.
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