January 3rd, 2021 by lonitaylor
There is more details coming out now about a woman who went viral after an attempt to recover an alleged stolen phone from a 14-year old boy in the lobby of a New York hotel.
The woman who has been dubbed ‘SoHo Karen’ has been identified as 22-year old
Miya Ponsetto from Simi Valley, California.
Ponsetto was caught on video falsely accusing the son of Grammy award-winning musician
Keyon Harrold of her iPhone and then assaulting him and his father when they tried to leave the lobby of the Arlo SoHo Hotel on December 26.
Harrold is a Jazz trumpeter, vocalist, songwriter and producer who has worked with the likes of Beyonce, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Common and more.
The woman, identified as
Miya Ponsetto, who allegedly attacked and accused 14-year-old
Keyon Harrold Jr. of stealing her iPhone just over a week ago at a New York City hotel apparently has a history of unlawful behavior.
As previously reported by
theGrio, Ponsetto made headlines after Grammy-winning trumpet player
Keyon Harrold posted an Instagram video of her hastily accusing his teenage son of taking her cellphone while in the lobby of the Arlo SoHo Hotel in Manhattan where the Harrold’s were staying.
Miya Ponsetto
The video shows Ponsetto lunging at the younger Harrold, demanding he prove that the phone he was holding was not her phone. The elder Harrold defended his son from the woman, all while capturing the incident on his phone.