Miya Ponsetto arrest: Woman hedges apology in tense interview on hotel attack
Ventura County Sheriff s Office via AP
This booking photo provided by Ventura County Sheriff s Office in California shows Miya Ponsetto. Ponsetto, who falsely accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone and then tackled him at a New York City hotel on Dec. 26 , 2020 was arrested Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 in her home state of California. br
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NEW YORK (AP) A white woman who wrongly accused a Black teenager of stealing her cellphone appeared to back off her apology to the youth in a TV interview, suggesting without evidence that maybe he did try to steal her phone after all.