Miya Ponsetto pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hate crime charges that stemmed from a caught-on-tape altercation at the Arlo Hotel in New York City.

Miya Ponsetto, a 23-year-old from Ventura County, pleaded guilty to unlawful imprisonment in the second degree as a hate crime after she accused Keyon Harrold Jr. of stealing her cell phone, and ...

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is filing a racial profiling lawsuit against the New York hotel and the woman. Crump and his clients are suing Arlo Hotels and the woman, Piru resident Miya Ponsetto.

Miya Ponsetto was arraigned in court in Manhattan on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to charges including unlawful imprisonment as a hate crime, aggravated harassment, and endangering the welfare ...

SOHO, Manhattan (WABC) -- There are renewed calls to arrest the woman seen on video wrongly accusing a 14-year-old Black teenager of stealing her phone. Miya Ponsetto is the woman seen in the ...

This booking photo provided by Ventura County Sheriff's Office in California shows Miya Ponsetto. Ponsetto, who falsely accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone and then tackled him at a New ...

SoCal woman who falsely accused Black teen at NY hotel pleads guilty to hate crime charge Miya Ponsetto was caught on video accusing the teen before trying to tackle him in the hotel lobby Dec. 26.

NEW YORK (AP) — A California woman who wrongly accused a Black teen of taking her phone at a New York City hotel late last year now faces hate crime charges. Miya Ponsetto was arraigned in court ...