The video also shows the hotel manager, who was supposedly trying to help but was, in fact, trying to confront the teenager about the missing phone. This is where she's at. She will remain in custody until she is extradited to New York. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. I apologize. Ponsetto, who Ghatan said has family roots in Puerto Rico, was in a very fragile state, according to Ghatan. It was that shushing motion that did her in, wrote one Twitter user who garnered numerous reactions. I'm not letting him walk away with my phone!" Miya Ponsetto was identified by NYPD sources as the woman caught on camera falsely accusing the 14-year-old son of jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold of stealing her iPhone. The attorney of the woman who tackled and falsely accused the 14-year-old son of jazz musician Keyon Harrold of stealing her iPhone that she left in an Uber said Tuesday that the incident wasnt a race-related issue.. In a phone call, attorney Sharon Ghatan, who is representing 22-year-old Miya Ponsetto in an unrelated case, confirmed her client was the woman who lunged at and tackled Keyon Harrold Jr. in the . Per the lawsuit, Harrold Jr. struggled with physical and emotional pain, embarrassment, and "an increased sense of vulnerability" in the aftermath of the attack. Soho Karen Miya Ponsetto wishes she apologized differently - New York Post Wearing a hat with the word Daddy emblazoned across it, Ponsetto said she approached anyone she thought might be guilty of stealing her phone. A recording of the incident leaked on the internet, going viral soon after. She was detained Thursday by deputies with a warrant from the New York Police Department. Miya Ponsetto, 22, dubbed "SoHo Karen" for falsely accusing a Black teen of theft and assaulting him, has been arrested. Miya Ponsetto Continues To Disrespect Gayle King Part 2 Remember, this is Miya's second arrest -- she was hit with the first DUI in Malibu (where she was also allegedly combative) back in May and pled no contest, so she was on probation. Her mother, Nicole Ponsetto, pleaded no contest to battery on a police officer and public intoxication in the same incident. 'Soho Karen' Miya Ponsetto isn't only one in family facing charges A New York grand jury indicted Miya Ponsetto on four charges including unlawful imprisonment, as a hate crime, endangering the welfare of a child, and aggravated harassment, according to the. This story has been shared 678,165 times. Miya Ponsetto appears in a mugshot (left) and in a screengrab from Keyon Harrold's Instagram video on December 26, 2020 (right).