The California woman charged with a hate crime for allegedly wrongly accusing a Black teen of taking her phone at a Manhattan hotel in December 2020 and grabbing at him as he tried to leave has pleaded guilty, the district attorney’s office said Monday.
Miya Ponsetto had previously pleaded not guilty last summer to charges including unlawful imprisonment as a hate crime, aggravated harassment and child endangerment in the fray that unfolded at the Arlo Hotel with then-14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr.
Video shows her grabbing at him as he tried to get away. Her phone was found soon afterward in an Uber.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office
→ Continue reading at NBC New York
