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Selma Blair flight summons

True crime · Heat 1.9 / 10 · 7 shows · 56m airtime

The FBI issued a summons on October 11 accusing Selma Blair of assault over an alleged incident on a Delta flight from Los Angeles to New York. She was arrested at JFK and charged with two counts of second-degree assault, which carry up to seven years, and has pleaded not guilty; she bonded out on $20,000 cash or $60,000 bond. The Port Authority confirmed she was physically abusive aboard, and she is also accused of kicking a police officer in the chest and a nurse at the hospital. The Delta pilot's radio traffic says the passenger bashed her head on the bulkhead, and Blair's team says she missed several doses of Nuedexta, a medication for pseudobulbar affect, before the flight.…

How 7 podcasts covered it

  1. The TMZ Podcast, 2026-10-12 (6:29 to 10:31)
    Breaks the flight arrest and FBI summons
    Breaks the Selma Blair flight arrest: the alleged punches and bite, the FBI summons, the officer kicked in the head and the nurse pressing charges, plus her rep's medical emergency statement and the 2016 stretcher incident.
    New angle: The FBI charged Blair federally with assault within special maritime jurisdiction; the state added two assault counts.
  2. Entertainment Tonight, 2026-10-13 (5:02 to 7:17)
    Breaks the JFK arrest and assault counts
    Breaks the arrest at JFK: the alleged biting and door attempt, the two assault counts, the FBI investigation, and the rep's statement that a medical emergency caused the conduct. Frames it against her 2016 Delta blackout and her past accounts of drinking and MS remission.
    New angle: Selma Blair was arrested at JFK and charged with two counts of assault; the FBI is investigating.
  3. Global News Podcast, 2026-10-13 (25:06 to 28:47)
    Reports the FBI summons over the flight
    First coverage of the Selma Blair flight incident: the alleged assault on two flight attendants, the pilot's call for medical personnel citing a bloody nose and bite marks, her spokesperson's account of a medical emergency and mixed medication, and the FBI summons.
    New angle: The FBI issued a summons accusing Selma Blair of assault; she will answer it in petty violation court in Brooklyn.
  4. Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald, 2026-10-13 (2:32 to 6:25)
    Stays with TMZ's arrest details and asks for footage
    Picks up TMZ's report of the arrest and stays with the known details: the alleged bite, the door, the 2016 precedent. Speculates about MS and a settlement, and asks for cabin footage that hasn't surfaced.
    New angle: TMZ reports Selma Blair was arrested after allegedly biting a flight attendant and trying to open a plane door mid-flight to New York.
  5. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-10-13 (0:04 to 2:24)
    Reads the dispatch audio and custody details
    Hourly crime-alert read of the Delta flight incident: dispatch audio of the pilot requesting medical personnel at the gate, the Port Authority confirming Blair was physically abusive, and her custody and hospitalization. Adds the Port Authority confirmation and the 2016 in-flight arrest.
    New angle: The Port Authority confirmed Blair was physically abusive aboard the flight; police took her into custody and to a hospital.
  6. The TMZ Podcast, 2026-10-13 (6:32 to 9:34)
    Recaps the not-guilty plea and the bond
    First pass at the Selma Blair flight incident: the alleged biting and punching, the hospital scuffle, her lawyers' missed-medication and head-injury explanation, the not-guilty plea, the bond and the FBI's federal review.
    New angle: Selma Blair pled not guilty to two counts of second-degree assault and bonded out Monday night on $20,000 cash or $60,000 bond.
  7. No Filter With Zack Peter, 2026-10-13 (34:47 to 40:55)
    Flags the separate federal matter with no charges
    Walks through the arrest, the arraignment on two first-degree assault counts, the $20,000 bail paid by credit card and the January hearing, then flags that the alleged onboard assaults sit in a separate federal matter with no charges yet.
    New angle: The two assault counts cover only the officer and the nurse; the alleged onboard assaults are a separate federal matter with no charges filed.
  8. No Filter With Zack Peter, 2026-10-13 (41:00 to 44:35)
    Digs into Blair's history of flight incidents
    Recaps Blair's arrest and then digs into her history: a 2016 Cancun flight disturbance with no charges, and memoir passages about biting Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane and Kate Moss. Background and reaction, staying inside the case already on the record.
  9. Chicks in the Office, 2026-10-14 (55:18 to 58:48)
    Reports the arraignment and not guilty plea
    Reports the arrest and Monday arraignment: two second-degree assault counts, a not guilty plea, the lawyer's missed-medication and head-injury explanation, and the judge's refusal of celebrity treatment. Notes the January 19, 2027 adjournment.
    New angle: Blair pleaded not guilty to two second-degree assault counts; the case is adjourned to January 19, 2027.
  10. Chicks in the Office, 2026-10-14 (58:43 to 1:06:00)
    Adds federal assault allegations to the charges
    Recaps the flight incident and arraignment, then digs into Blair's MS and her memoir's account of biting Sienna Miller, Seth MacFarlane and Kate Moss. Adds one charge not on the record: federal assault allegations tied to the in-flight conduct, alongside the two state counts.
    New angle: Blair faces federal assault allegations over the in-flight incident in addition to the two state assault charges.
  11. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-10-15 (0:06 to 2:19)
    Opens with the arrest and assault charge
    Opens the episode with the arrest and a second-degree assault charge carrying up to seven years, framing the hour around taking Blair's side. The charge itself is not yet on the record, which so far holds only the FBI summons and the Port Authority account.
    New angle: Blair was arrested and charged with second-degree assault, carrying up to seven years.
  12. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-10-15 (2:16 to 4:18)
    Adds the kicks to the officer and nurse
    The show's investigative reporter walks through the alleged midair assault and adds a detail not yet on the record: Blair kicked a police officer in the chest and later kicked a nurse at the hospital.
    New angle: Blair kicked a police officer in the chest and kicked a nurse at the hospital.
  13. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-10-15 (4:25 to 5:59)
    Plays the pilot audio corroborating the head injury
    Plays the contemporaneous Delta pilot audio, which records the disruptive passenger bashing her head on the bulkhead and needing to be checked out - corroboration for Blair's account that she hit her head.
    New angle: The Delta pilot's contemporaneous radio traffic says the passenger bashed her head on the bulkhead and needed to be checked out.
  14. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-10-15 (5:59 to 8:38)
    Adds the missed medication detail
    Dave Mack adds the medication detail: Blair missed Nuedexta, used for pseudobulbar affect, and the encounter began with a disagreement with another passenger. Grace presses him on how serious the bitten flight attendant's hospitalization was.
    New angle: Blair missed Nuedexta, a medication for pseudobulbar affect, before the flight.
  15. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-10-15 (8:34 to 9:41)
    Plays more of the pilot's radio traffic
    Plays more of the pilot's radio traffic: the captain asks for medical personnel at the gate for two flight attendants, reports a bloody nose and bite marks, and says no ambulance is needed. It stays inside the audio already on the record.
  16. Entertainment Tonight, 2026-10-17 (4:00 to 5:16)
    Reports the team's claim of missed medication
    Reports Selma Blair's team breaking its silence on her JFK arrest, relaying its claim that she never tried to open the aircraft door and that missed doses of her MS medication made it a medical emergency, alongside the biting and kicking accusations and her separation from service dog Scout.
    New angle: Blair's team says she missed several doses of Nudexta and never tried to open the aircraft door.
  17. Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald, 2026-10-22 (25:24 to 27:45)
    Updates the arrest, plea and 2027 court date
    Updates the Selma Blair case: the October 11 arrest at JFK, the not-guilty plea, $20,000 bail, the nurse's order of protection, the FBI investigation and a January 19, 2027 court date. Ties it to Blair's Jenny McCarthy interview about drinking to numb MS pain.
    New angle: Blair's next court date is January 19, 2027, with the FBI still investigating.
  18. No Filter With Zack Peter, 2026-10-22 (29:35 to 32:48)
    Questions the medical-emergency statement
    Recaps the Selma Blair plane incident - the door, the alleged bites and kicks, the two state assault counts, the not-guilty plea and the FBI inquiry - and questions the medical-emergency statement, pegged to her earlier Jenny McCarthy interview.
    New angle: Blair has pleaded not guilty to two state assault counts, and the FBI is investigating the mid-air incident.
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