The so-called “SoHo Karen” was arrested in Los Angeles on charges of attempted theft and false charges for allegedly attacking a 14-year-old black boy after she falsely claimed he stole her cell phone, an interaction captured on video. Miya Ponsetto, 22, was arrested after a car chase, according to New York Daily News. She had fled Manhattan, where the altercation took place, in Los Angeles. She also reportedly tried to get Keyon Harrold Jr.’s phone. Ponsetto’s phone was later found in an Uber and returned to her. Her lawyer said The New York Times that his client did not act out of racial prejudice, but “purely because he was anxious, stressed, cornered, feeling helpless, lost, alone, without support”.
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