Miya Ponsetto the “Soho Karen” who falsely accused a black teenager of stealing her cellphone at a Manhattan hotel pleaded guilty to a hate crime as part of a plea deal. #cellphone #sohokaren #teenager #miyaponsetto
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.
Ponsetto attacked 14-year old Keyon Harrold, Jr. and his father in the lobby of the Arlo Hotel in Manhattan in December 2020, falsely accusing the teen of stealing her iPhone.