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The parents of Keyon Harrold Jr. are speaking out after Miya Ponsetto, the so-called SoHo Karen, apologized in a recent interview with Gayle King for attacking their son.
“I feel like her apology was as genuine as when she shushed you,” jazz musician Keyon Harrold Sr. told King referring to a controversial moment during her interview with Ponsetto, who at one point raised her hand and said, “Enough.”
“It said a lot,” Harrold Sr. added. “I have an issue with the idea of entitlement versus character. It’s all been tragically consistent. I’ll just say that.”
Harrold Sr. and Kat Rodriguez opened up to King in an interview that aired Monday on “CBS This Morning,” along with the second part of King’s chat with Ponsetto. During their discussion, Harrold Sr. said he was “happy” Ponsetto was arrested last week after she was caught on video tackling and falsely accusing his 14-year-old son of stealing her phone in a New York hotel.
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The California woman dubbed SoHo Karen for allegedly attacking a 14-year-old who she believed took her cellphone was reportedly accused in a separate incident of damaging a New York City Airbnb, according to a recent report.
Miya Ponsetto, 22, allegedly damaged the door to an Airbnb in New York City’s East Village on Dec. 26 – the same day she was accused of trying to rob and assault the teenager – and used a fire extinguisher to try to get into an apartment after getting locked out, the New York Post reported.
A 22-year-old California woman who wrongly accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone and tackled him at a New York City hotel in a widely seen video was.
Woman who accused Black teen of stealing her phone is charged with attempted robbery and assault
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NEW YORK - A 22-year-old California woman who
Miya Ponsetto was charged with attempted robbery, grand larceny, acting in a manner injurious to a child and two counts of attempted assault, according to city police. NYPD detectives flew to California on Thursday with a warrant for the Piru resident s arrest.
Ponsetto s confrontation with 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr. on Dec. 26 at Manhattan s Arlo Hotel was recorded and posted online by his father, jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold. The video shows an agitated woman demanding the teenager s phone, claiming he stole it. The phone was found soon afterward in an Uber.