Viral video shows woman falsely accusing Ferguson musician's son of theft in NY hotel

NEW YORK — A confrontation in which a man said a woman tackled his 14-year-old Black son in a New York City hotel lobby as she falsely accused the teen of stealing her phone is under investigation, city prosecutors said Monday.

Keyon Harrold, a prominent jazz trumpeter, posted a widely viewed video of the confrontation Saturday at the Arlo Hotel. He said the unidentified woman scratched him and tackled and grabbed his son, Keyon Harrold Jr., at the lower Manhattan hotel where the pair were staying.


“He's the sweetest, most genuine kid you could ask for,” Harrold said in an interview Monday evening. “I was just appalled at how he was treated.”

The video shows an agitated woman demanding her phone be returned while a hotel manager tries to settle the situation. At one point, the woman appears to rush forward and says, “I'm not letting him walk away with my phone!”

[felixdelabarara]

Typical Karen. Is convinced someone committed a crime so she takes it upon herself to commit a crime against them. You do not have the right to put your hands on someone, no matter what you suspect they may have done. Charges for Karen now.

[poe-]

It was not racist. I've blamed someone for stealing my thing. It was not because that person was Black, White or Asian. I just thought that person stole it.

[j.c.n]

She was so sure of herself, blinded with prejudice.

[raptor-]

When she leans on the guys back and tells him what ever you do get that phone. And that dude actually goes for it and tries. A maiden in distress!

[hollywoodsaint]

Her name is Miya Ponsetto from Simi Valley, California. She's 22 and an aspiring actress....YOUR WELCOME

[bobdollar]

I have a theory that everyone has a Personality Disorder with some disorders being More Severe than others. Like Minded People will find, bond and work with people like them. Level Headed People do not have a problem living and interacting with people from different Ethnic Groups, however there are a lot of people in the world that have Personality Disorders that cause them to act irrational and abnormal around people from different Ethnic Groups like the Beckies and Karens in the world.

[grunge]

Miya Taylor Ponsetto is a Hispanic woman from California, United States. Here are 13 more things about her:

She was born on May 27, 1998.
She is Christian.
She is an aspiring actress.
Paul Ponsetto and Lucy Valauri Ponsetto are her paternal great-grandparents. The daughter of Joseph Valauri and Caterina Tosello Valauri, Lucy died on January 30, 2002.
Robert John Ponsetto is her paternal grandfather.
She is related to Eric Ponsetto, Nicole C. Ponsetto, Reina Ponsetto, Maria L. Ruiz, Nicole Marie Glover, Roderick Keith Glover, Sandra Rolfe, Teena Lyn Rolfe and Zoe Rolfe.
She is a resident of Simi Valley, California. She has also lived in other areas of California including Sun Valley and Piru.
In 2016, she graduated from Simi Valley High School where she was a member of the cheerleading squad.
In 2019, she lived with a man in an apartment in Sun Valley. The property company that owns the apartment sued them in Los Angeles Superior Court because they failed to pay $1, 250 in rent.
On February 28, 2020, she was arrested by the Beverly Hills Police Department in Beverly Hills, California for being intoxicated in public after an incident at the Los Angeles International Airport.
On September 1, 2020, she was arrested by the West Los Angeles California Highway Patrol for driving with a suspended license and failure to obey traffic lane.
She is allegedly the woman caught on camera attacking African-American jazz musician Keyon Harrold, 40, and his son Keyon Harrold Jr., 14, at the Arlo SoHo Boutique Hotel on 231 Hudson Street in New York City, New York, USA on December 26, 2020. The woman falsely accused the younger Harrold of stealing her iPhone.
Most of her favorite items on her Etsy profile are iPhone cases.Supposedly

[PhatNutz]

what is the name of the hotel manager and woman?

[draxcir]

What she did was wrong but how do you know it was race related other than the fact that they were different races? At what point do we know we are equal then?