Miya Ponsetto admitted to committing a hate crime in the 2020 episode. That element of the charge will be dropped if she abides by the law for two years.
The California woman who falsely accused a Black teenager of stealing her cell phone and then attacked him in a New York City hotel lobby pleaded guilty to unlawful imprisonment
A California woman has pleaded guilty to a hate crime after falsely accusing a black teenager of stealing her cell phone and attacking him at a New York hotel.
Miya Ponsetto, the so-called SoHo Karen, will avoid time behind bars if she successfully serves two years of probation without running into trouble with the law. In December 2020, she falsely accused a Black teen of stealing her phone.