with
Keyon Harrold Jr. open up regarding their son’s attack and the arrest of
Miya Ponsetto, who falsely accused the teenager of stealing her iPhone.
“I’m happy that she’s been arrested. But that’s only the first step in a very big conversation that needs to happen here in America that has to do with racial profiling,” remarked
Keyond Harrold Sr. “If I had done that, what Miya Ponsetto had done to my son, I’d be in jail now. If I had hurt her in any way, I’d be in jail now. We wouldn’t even be able to have this conversation. As a Black man, every day I walk outside, I have to play the perfect game, almost like throwing a no-hitter just to be believed.”
Defiant SoHo Karen Miya Ponsetto arrives back in LA after NYC arraignment - with a drink in hand - as it emerges she is being probed for vandalizing her Airbnb on same day she accused black 14-year-old of stealing her phone
Miya Ponsetto was seen at the Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday with a drink in her hand after she was arraigned in New York
It has been revealed she s also being probed for smashing an Airbnb door with a fire extinguisher the same day as her scuffle with Keyon Harrold Jr
She was spotted Sunday morning at Newark International Airport for her flight to California after a judge ruled she did not require bail
Miya Ponsetto Released After NYC Arraignment, D.A. Never Mentioned Victim was Black Miya Ponsetto D.A. Never Mentioned Victim was Black . Released After Arraignment
4:41 PM PT This case is clearly not going to have any racial implication, despite the victim s family feeling race had everything to do with her actions. The D.A. never uttered the words that the 14-year-old boy was black. This underscores the prosecutor s decision not to charge Miya with a hate crime.
There s also this . prosecutors briefly detail another incident in which Miya allegedly damaged an apartment door somewhere in NYC BEFORE her run-in with the Harrolds.
Miya Ponsetto was seen at Newark International Airport for flight to California
Ponsetto left her hotel around 8.15am when she boarded the hotel s airport shuttle that took her to the airport
The 22-year-old refused to answer any questions once she arrived at the airport where she was photographed waiting to pass through airport security
Ponsetto flew home Sunday morning after a judge ruled she did not require bail
On Saturday she was led out of NYPD s 1st Precinct ahead of her arraignment
She had been flown back to New York following an extradition hearing on Friday
She was charged with four felonies: attempted robbery, endangering welfare of a child, attempted grand larceny, and attempted assault
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