A white woman who wrongly accused a Black teenager of stealing her cellphone and tackled him at a New York City hotel appeared to back off her apology in a TV interview that aired Monday, suggesting without. US News Summaries. | Newser
Miya Ponsetto Allegedly Trespassed and Damaged NYC Apartment Before Hotel Incident Miya Ponsetto Allegedly Trespassed at NYC Apartment . Photos of Damage
As we reported . when SoHo Karen was charged Saturday in her attack of 14-year-old
Keyon Harrold Jr. at the Arlo Hotel, prosecutors briefly detailed another incident from earlier that day in which she allegedly damaged an apartment door.
Sources familiar with the apartment incident tell TMZ . Ponsetto entered the building by using a fire extinguisher she found to destroy the doorknob and smash her way in.
We re told a tenant of the building confronted her, and Ponsetto allegedly claimed she rented the vacant unit through Airbnb and locked her keys inside. Our sources say Airbnb isn’t allowed to operate in the building, and we re told Miya never contacted management about renting it.
Why Did “SoHo Karen” Miya Ponsetto Wear A “Daddy” Hat To Talk To Gayle King? Refinery29 11/01/2021
On Friday,
CBS This Morning released part of an interview between journalist Gayle King and Miya Ponsetto. The 22-year-old white woman falsely accused 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr. of stealing her phone in the lobby of the Arlo Hotel in Manhattan’s SoHo neighbourhood on December 26. She has since been dubbed the “SoHo Karen” for her racial profiling and demanding that the manager of the hotel help her during the incident.
After accusing Harrold Jr., who is Black, of theft, Ponsetto went on to physically attack him in an attempt to retrieve her phone which, according to
NEW YORK A white woman who wrongly accused a Black teenager of stealing her cellphone and tackled him at a New York City hotel appeared to back off her apology in a TV interview that aired Monday, suggesting that maybe he did try to steal her phone after all. “So, maybe it wasn’t him […]