Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
25
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
US actress Selma Blair has spoken out after being accused of assaulting multiple people on a flight to New York.
asserted
Blair → publish → York
A publicist for the Legally Blonde star said she "did not intend to harm anyone" and that there was "much more to this story".
asserted
she → say → story
Blair "experienced a medical emergency on the flight" and is still fighting multiple sclerosis (MS), a statement read.
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statement → experience → sclerosis
Blair's publicist said that the 54-year-old had a neurological disorder that "bears directly on how a medical episode presents to people who do not know her".
asserted
who → say → her
The star pleaded not guilty to charges that she assaulted an officer and a nurse after being removed from the flight.
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she → plead → flight
She was also accused of assulting two flight attendants on board.
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She → accuse → board
Blair's team said the public account of what happened to her aboard a Delta Airlines flight to New York had been "built almost entirely on a police statement and a decade-old headline".
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what → say → statement
They also denied media reports that she had attempted to open the door of the aircraft.
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she → deny → aircraft
The publicist noted Blair's fight against multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic illness the actress revealed publicly in 2018.
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actress → note → 2018
She announced in 2021 that she was in remission for the disease, but the statement noted that the Hellboy and Cruel Intentions star "still has bad days".
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star → announce → days
It added that she also has pseudobulbar affect (PBA) - a disorder that develops in the context of a brain injury or underlying neurological dysfunction, according to the US National Institutes of Health.
uncertain
that → add → Health
The disorder affects emotional expression that can result in sudden involuntary and out-of-control episodes of laughing, crying or anger that do not match how a person actually feels.
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person → affect → laughing
Blair's publicist described the actress's physical achievements since her MS diagnosis as "nothing short of a miracle" and said she still lives with pain daily.
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she → describe → pain
"Selma had never been arrested before Sunday night," she said.
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she → arrest → night
"There is much more to this story than has been reported and we ask to consider the entirety of the facts before rushing to judgement, whether in the courtroom or in the court of public opinion.
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we → be → opinion
The incident happened on a flight travelling from Los Angeles to New York on Sunday evening.
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incident → happen → evening
New York airport officials responded to a call about "a physically abusive passenger" on a Delta Airlines flight.
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officials → respond → flight
Two flight attendants were hurt and one was taken to hospital, the New York Port Authority said.
asserted
Authority → hurt → hospital
A pilot asked for medical help, describing "a bloody nose" and "some bite marks", according to audio recorded on air traffic control obtained by CBS News, the BBC's US partner.
Blair was arrested and taken to hospital.
uncertain
Blair → ask → hospital
She was issued a federal summons by the FBI for a charge of assault within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the US that relates to the on-board altercation.
asserted
that → issue → altercation
The two additional charges of assault were filed in state court after she was taken off the plane.
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she → file → plane
She has pleaded not guilty to those charges and was released on bail.
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She → plead → bail
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