and his mother. now the mom and child are talking to linsey davis. i was just sexually assaulted by a child. reporter: 9-year-old jeremiah harvey was in a brooklyn convenience store with his mother last week when theresa klein, who was dubbed on social media as corner store caroline, accused him of sexual assault and said she was calling the police. her son grabbed my [ bleep ]. reporter: but surveillance video proved jeremiah did not assault the woman. his backpack accidentally grazed her. it s still hard because i ve had this lately on my mind. i can t thinking of nothing but this. reporter: that night, jeremiah says he cried out of fear he or his mom would be taken away by police. and now, more than one week later, jeremiah, still visibly traumatized by the incident. are you concerned this has permanently scarred jeremiah? yes, i am. reporter: after watching the surveillance video, klein