The niece of a presidential hopeful, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, was handed down new charges a year after she was kicked off a New Orleans flight during a drunken, drug-induced Thanksgiving Day meltdown that left several people with minor injuries. The Jefferson Parish district attorney filed charges against Shannon Epstein on Monday relating to her being kicked off an early morning Spirit Airlines flight from New Orleans to New Jersey on Nov. 24, 2022, according to NOLA.com.