“Hairspray” star Nikki Blonsky is likely to have another lawsuit on the role, due to assault charges following the brawl involving the family of “America’s Next Top Model” contestant Bianca Golden.

The conflict started last week in the airport lounge at Turks & Caicos, where Blonsky was saving five seats for her family by keeping the luggage on them. Coincidence or just bad timing, Golden, her mother and brother wanted to sit down on the same seats, and tried to remove the luggage. There is no information about the content of Blonsky’s luggage, but apparently it was precious enough to get into a skirmish for it.

Things escalated from there. The families of the two 19 year old celebrities started to punch each other, causing some bad injuries to some of the opponents. The most damaged victim was Elaine Golden, Bianca’s mother, who was airlifted to a hospital in Miami, Florida where se was treated for a broken nose and cracked skull.

"I am in pain all the way down my arms and legs," Elaine told the Turks and Caicos Weekly News, Thursday from her hospital bed. "I can hardly talk or walk and my head is hurting all over." Meanwhile a hospital spokesman said mom had checked out so it can't be too serious.

For the Bronsky family the luggage incident resulted in arrest days and multiple charges of assault. On Friday the plump actress was released on a 6.000 $ bail, but her father is still in custody. Bianca Golden was also arrested and released on bail.

Nikki Blonsky will have to appear in Turks & Caicos criminal court on charges of assault with actual bodily harm, which carries a maximum sentence of two years, and common assault, also known as threat of assault, with a 90-day maximum term.
Her father Carl was charged with grievous bodily harm, meaning the victim was injured so severely they needed immediate medical care. The charge carries a five-year maximum sentence.

After her success as Tracy Turnblad in the widely acclaimed musical Hairspray, Nikki Blonsky got involved in a big lawsuit with Margaret Karaszek and Michael Ostrowski, who claim to have discovered her, only to be dropped six days after they got her the role in the film.

Invited on the Oprah Show, the actress/singer said that she heard about the role while working as an ice cream scooper and won it at an open call. On the other hand, Ostrowski speaks about the efforts they made to promote Blonsky along many years.