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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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At the time, her representatives said her alleged behaviour had been brought on by a severe medical emergency.
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behaviour → say → emergency
In a video posted to Instagram, Blair said: “I know I’ve been quiet for a couple weeks since October 11.
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I → post → October
And you deserve to hear from me directly, and I’m sorry that it’s taken this long.
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it → deserve → me
“There is a legal matter going on, and my lawyers have asked me to not say anything about that day, and I’m listening to them.”
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I → be → them
The Legally Blonde actress said that she took the matter “very seriously” and the “very simple and the truest thing I know about myself is that not one day ever have I intended to hurt or frighten anyone”.
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I → say → anyone
“And so to the people that I disappointed, that I hurt, I frightened, that I alarmed, I am so sorry,” she said, adding that she appreciated everyone who had reached out to her in support since the incidents.
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who → disappoint → incidents
Blair then assured fans that her service dog Scout, who accompanied her on the flight, was doing well.
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who → assure → flight
She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018 and got the Labrador as a service dog five years ago.
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She → diagnose → dog
The actress concluded: “So, right now I’m going to be taking care of my health.
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I → conclude → health
A police officer taking her to Jamaica Hospital Medical Centre alleged in charging documents that while securing Blair to a stretcher, the actress pulled one of her legs from the straps and kicked her repeatedly around the face, neck and chest, causing serious pain and substantial swelling.
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actress → take → pain
Later, a nurse moving Blair said the actress kicked her in the chest.
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actress → move → chest
She was arraigned on two counts of second-degree assault late the following day at a court in Queens, where a judge set her bail at 20,000 dollars (£15,141) cash or 60,000 dollars (£45,425) bond and set the next hearing for January.
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judge → arraign → January
Her lawyer Shawn Barnes told the judge that her actions were not intentional.
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actions → tell → judge
Mr Barnes said she boarded the flight in Los Angeles amid a heavy workload and hit her head during the flight.
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she → say → flight
He said these factors, along with the altitude, led to “a state of severe confusion and disorientation”.
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factors → say → confusion
A later statement issued by Blair’s representatives said public reporting of the incident had been “built almost entirely on a police statement and a decade-old headline”.
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reporting → issue → statement
It read: “What Selma has been able to do physically in the years since is nothing short of a miracle.
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been → read → miracle
She still has bad days, and she lives with pain daily.
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she → have → pain
Selma also has pseudobulbar affect, a neurological condition secondary to her MS, which bears directly on how a medical episode presents to people who do not know her.”
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who → have → her
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