The niece of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was kicked off a Spirit Airlines flight and arrested after accusing a Hispanic family of “cocaine smuggling” and allegedly wounding six sheriff’s officers, of whom which bit one.
The woman identified as Shannon Epstein, of 23 years, would have caused the disturbance on a flight at 6: am from New Orleans, Louisiana, to New Jersey on Thanksgiving Day, and asked a Latino family sitting nearby if they “were smuggling cocaine,” according to the spokesperson. from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, Jason Rivarde, in statements to NOLA.com.
The niece of the former governor and failed presidential candidate for the Republican Party in 2016, got angry and was bothering on the flight, according to the previously cited outlet, reported New York Post.
For their part, airline employees decided to sa They let Epstein off the plane, that they’ve already left through the gate, but the woman refused to leave after the plane returned to the runway, becoming “extremely combative” when agents tried to understand her, according to the report. incident.
Subsequently, the woman injured six officers while resisting arrest, and even bit into the arm and broke the skin of one of the officers. Likewise, Epstein kicked another officer in the groin, added NOLA.com.
Rivarde specified that Epstein also threatened the officers, and said that his uncle is a friend of former President Donald Trump, and warned that “meets powerful people”, to finally be handcuffed to a wheelchair.
Epstein received six counts of assault to a police officer, three counts of disorderly conduct, and one count of resisting arrest by force.
The woman was released from the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center over Thanksgiving after paying a deposit of $23,2016 dollars. Her next court appearance is expected to be on 23 January, NOLA.com added.