LIBTARDED ‘Soho Karen’ Appears in NYC Court. Charged With Hate Crime and Faces Ten Years in Jail

A lawyer for the woman dubbed ‘SoHo Karen’ for falsely accusing a black teen of stealing her phone in the lobby of a Manhattan hotel says she has been ‘grossly overcharged’.

Miya Ponsetto, 23, appeared in the Manhattan Supreme Court for a status hearing on Monday on the charges she faces – including unlawful imprisonment as a hate crime, aggravated harassment and endangering the welfare of a child, which could see her facing up to 10 years in prison.

Ponsetto’s lawyer told the judge that he is trying to ‘resolve’ the hate crime charge in the case within the next few months.

She went viral last year after attacking 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr. in the lobby of upscale boutique hotel Arlo Soho on December 26, 2020 and falsely accusing him of stealing her iPhone. Harrold Jr. is the son of jazz musician Keyon Harrold.

She later discovered that she forgot her phone in an Uber, and the driver returned it to her.

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