Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
22%
5 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
72/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
14
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
US actress Selma Blair has been charged with two additional assault counts over allegedly kicking an officer and a nurse after being removed from a flight.
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Blair → publish → flight
Blair was arrested late Sunday in New York after she allegedly attacked flight attendants on a Delta plane travelling from Los Angeles to New York.
uncertain
she → arrest → York
The FBI issued her a federal summons accusing her of assault on board.
asserted
FBI → issue → board
While appearing in court over the additional charges, the Legally Blonde star's attorney asked the judge to consider the actress's "body of work", and called Blair the "gold standard."
asserted
attorney → appear → Blair
The judge said she should not "get special treatment".
asserted
she → say → treatment
Blair has pleaded not guilty.
asserted
Blair → plead → ?
She has since been released on bail.
asserted
She → release → bail
She was taken to hospital after the incident on the flight.
asserted
She → take → flight
Her representatives have told the BBC that she had "experienced a medical emergency that led to the alleged conduct".
asserted
that → tell → conduct
As the flight landed in New York on Sunday evening, airport officials responded to a call about "a physically abusive passenger" on the flight.
asserted
officials → land → flight
Two flight attendants were hurt and one was taken to hospital, the New York Port Authority said.
asserted
Authority → hurt → hospital
Audio recorded on air traffic control details a pilot asking for medical help, describing "a bloody nose" and "some bite marks", according to CBS News, BBC's US News partner.
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pilot → record → News
Blair, 54, who also starred in Cruel Intentions and Hellboy, was arrested and taken to hospital.
asserted
who → star → hospital
She was issued a federal summons for a charge of assault within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the US.
asserted
She → issue → US
The two additional charges of assault, filed in state court, came after she was taken off the plane.
asserted
she → file → plane
One of the alleged assaults happened when she was being transported in an ambulance, where she allegedly kicked a police officer.
uncertain
she → allege → officer
Once at hospital, prosecutors allege that she also assaulted a nurse.
asserted
she → allege → nurse
At her arraignment in Queens, Blair's attorney Shawn Barnes asked the judge for leniency.
asserted
attorney → ask → leniency
He said that "violence" is "not who she is" and asked for the judge to consider her body of work.
asserted
judge → say → work
The actress is somebody that people she look up to, he said, referring to her as "the gold standard".
asserted
he → look → standard
The judge denied his request and said she "should not get special treatment...because she is a celebrity".
asserted
she → deny → treatment
The judge set her bail at $20,000 cash or $60,000 bond with the next hearing scheduled for 19 January.
asserted
judge → set → January
It is unclear when a date will be set for the federal case against her, which concerns the allegations of assault aboard the aircraft.
uncertain
which → set → aircraft
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