Selma Blair arrested after alleged midair incident on Delta flight

Actor Selma Blair was arrested after flight attendants reported a “physically abusive passenger” on a Delta Air Lines, opens new tab flight from Los Angeles to New York, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s police department said on Monday. Police identified Blair, known for roles in the movies “Cruel Intentions” and “Hellboy,” as the suspect in the incident on Sunday evening. She was taken into custody at New York’s John F Kennedy Airport and transported to a hospital for evaluation, police said in a statement. Two flight attendants reported injuries and one of them was taken to a hospital, according to the statement. “Delta has zero tolerance for unruly or unlawful behavior, as the safety of our customers and crew always comes first,” the airline said in a statement on Monday. According to a video clip posted online of Blair’s arraignment hearing on assault charges in the New York City borough of Queens on Monday, the actor also was accused of kicking a police officer involved in her arrest and kicking a nurse at a hospital where she was taken afterward.