The 22-year-old woman who was christened ‘Soho Karen’ over her confrontation with a black teenager in a hotel in Manhattan was, according to the new report, ‘directly belligerent’ when the police in California robbed her of DUI.
Miya Ponsetto allegedly admitted to Los Angeles police in May that she took Xanax and drank wine before being pulled over because she was driving irregularly, TMZ reported Monday.
According to the recently released details of the arrest, Ponsetto refused a sobriety test, and then testified with police when they tried to handcuff her.
According to TMZ, she threw a tantrum, reporting that Ponsetto “started kicking the ground, hitting her body and even hitting her head on the sidewalk.”
She is accused of driving under the influence and later did not dispute the case, agreeing to a three-hour probationary period, 30 hours of community service and attending a nine-month alcohol and drug counseling program, the office said. said.
Ponsetto and her mother were also charged with public intoxication and battery after they unleashed a melee at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills on February 28, according to a police report of the incident.
But only on December 26 did Ponsetto’s name go viral after she falsely accused a black teenager of stealing her iPhone in a Soho hotel.
Keyon Harrold Jr., 14, was with his father, a jazz trumpeter of the same name, at the Alro Hotel when Ponsetto was seen on a viral video that the teen was suing.
The incident led to prosecutors in Manhattan being asked to charge Ponsetto, which is low in California.