‘SoHo Karen’ Miya Ponsetto Pleads Guilty To Hate Crime And Avoids Jail, Victim’s Father Wants Accountability

Essence Magazine:

By Bry'onna Mention ·Updated April 12, 2022

Miya Ponsetto—better known as “Soho Karen” online—who attacked and wrongly accused a Black teen she spotted at a Manhattan hotel in December 2020 of stealing her cellphone, pleaded guilty to a hate crime Monday as part of a plea deal that allows her to avoid prison, according to New York Post. 

Ponsetto, 23, copped to one count of felony unlawful imprisonment as a hate crime for attacking 14-year-old

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