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The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports:
After getting forced off an airplane for asking passengers who appeared to her to be Latino whether they were drug mules, a niece of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie bit, kicked and spit on Jefferson Parish sheriff’s deputies trying to detain her.
Shannon Epstein, 25, boarded the Spirit Airlines flight to New Jersey on Nov. 24 at about 6 a.m., and asked a family who were near her and whom she perceived to be Latino if they were “smuggling cocaine,” said Capt. Jason Rivarde, a Sheriff’s Office spokesperson.
Airline workers requested Epstein be removed from the plane as she became increasingly irate, and the plane, which had started to taxi to the runway, returned to the gate, Rivarde said Friday. In the scuffle, she injured six deputies, biting one of the arm and breaking the skin, and kicking another in the groin, Rivarde said.
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A niece of GOP presidential hopeful Chris Christie was kicked off a New Orleans plane on Thanksgiving day; she then injured SIX deputies while resisting arrest. Witnesses say she asked passengers she thought were Latino if they were “smuggling cocaine.” https://t.co/wa84PSiGZW
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 4, 2022
She bit and spit at deputies and shouted that they were going to lose their jobs or end up in jail because she is related to powerful people and that her uncle is a friend of former President Donald Trump. Chris Christie did not return messages to media.
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 4, 2022