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‘Karen’ Who Assaulted Black Teen Over iPhone in NYC Hotel is Identified, Has Rap Sheet

Andy Towle January 2, 2021 Leave a Comment

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A white woman who assaulted a black teen at NYC's Arlo hotel last week after accusing the teen, who was a guest at the hotel and the son of Grammy-winning jazz musician Keyon Harrold, of stealing her iPhone, has been identified and has a rap sheet.

The NY Post reports: “Miya Ponsetto, 22, whom NYPD sources identified to The Post as the woman caught on camera falsely accusing Keyon Harrold Jr., was arrested in Beverly Hills for public intoxication on Feb. 28, the Daily Mail reported, citing police reports and court records. … And on May 28, she was collared for drunken driving near Calabasas, a city in Los Angeles County where Kim Kardashian owns a sprawling estate, the Daily Mail said. … Ponsetto also was named in a civil case involving an eviction for nonpayment in August 2019, the outlet reported, citing court records.”

Rather than take Harrold's side, the hotel believed the woman and asked the teen to produce the phone. Spoiler alert: the woman's phone was later found by an Uber driver in a car she had taken.

Wrote Harrold in a caption accompanying a video which showed part of the encounter: “I am furious!!! We see this crap happening all the time, but it hits different when it hits home!!! I typically try to keep things positive, but nothing about this video is positive.”

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“The lady in this video assaulted my 14-year-old son and me as we came down from our room in the @arlohotels Arlo Soho to get breakfast,” Harrold added. “This person quote on quote ‘lost' her iPhone, and apparently, my son magically acquired it, which merely ridiculous. This incident went on for five more minutes, me protecting my son from this lunatic. She scratched me; she Tackled and grabbed him. He is a child!!! Now watch it again. This lady is not even a guest at the hotel. She checked out of the hotel on the 23rd of December; today is the 26th. Now watch as the manager advocates for the lady who is not even a hotel guest, insisting and attempting to use his managerial authority to force my son to show his phone to this random lady. He actually empowered her!!! He didn't even consider the fact we were actually the guests! Now think about the trauma that my son now has to carry, only coming downstairs to have box day brunch with his dad. Then… her phone was magically returned by an Uber driver a few minutes after this incident. No apology from her after this traumatic situation to my son, not me. No apologies from the establishment. This sh*t happens so often. It needs to stop!!!”

The NYT reported: “In a statement, the hotel apologized to Mr. Harrold and his son. While the hotel said the manager called the police to report the incident and hotel security had stepped in, ‘more could have been done to de-escalate the dispute.' … ‘We're deeply disheartened about the recent incident of baseless accusation, prejudice and assault against an innocent guest of Arlo hotel,' the hotel said, adding that it was committed to ‘making sure this never happens again at any of our hotels.'”

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Miya Ponsetto, the woman who attacked 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr. in a Manhattan hotel lobby, is on probation in California, with an upcoming court date on January 14.

If NY issues a warrant for her arrest, CA should hold her in jail on that warrant. https://t.co/LLnrRyFV2B

— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) January 2, 2021

Topics: Music, towleroad More Posts About: Black Lives Matter, Karen, Keyon Harrold, Miya Ponsetto, New York, New York City

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