Selma Blair's rep calls MS doubt 'outrageous' after authorities took her service dog during plane arrest

Selma Blair's team has broken their silence over her arrest on a Delta flight from Los Angeles to New York, insisting she 'experienced a medical emergency' and 'did not intend to harm anyone'. Her spokesperson told People that public accounts have been built 'almost entirely on a police statement and a decade-old headline', and flatly denied she tried to open the aircraft door mid-flight. Blair, 54, also suffers from pseudobulbar affect — a neurological condition arising from her MS — which her team says 'bears directly on how a medical episode presents to people who do not know her'.

Blair's lawyer told the court she had missed doses of 'a powerful medication' controlling her MS symptoms, and that altitude worsened her 'severe confusion and disorientation'.

She pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree assault, posted $20,000 bail, and faces a further FBI investigation into the federal charges, with her next court date set for 19 January.

Her team revealed authorities removed her service dog from her during the incident — a detail they say is central to understanding what happened aboard the flight.