A white woman who wrongly accused a Black teen of stealing her phone has accepted a plea deal to avoid going to jail. The terms of the plea required her
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.
Miya Ponsetto, 23, wore a beige jacket and pants to her hearing in state Supreme Court in Manhattan where she faced unlawful imprisonment as a hate crime and other related charges for the Dec. 26, 2020, attack.
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.