[4] The video of the racial profiling incident, captured on camera by Keyon Harrold, the father of the victim, took place inside the lobby of the Arlo Hotel SoHo, where Ponsetto falsely accused the victim of taking her cellphone and demanding that he return it to her.
Ponsetto then looked into the camera, screaming "I'm not letting him walk away with my phone".
[2][6] On January 8, 2021, Miya Ponsetto was interviewed by Gayle King on CBS This Morning, claiming that the incident was not racially motivated and that she did not believe it was a crime.
[2] Later, Ponsetto accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty to a hate crime.
[4][7][9] She was given two years probation, and was forced to continue counseling, something which she had been receiving since she had been charged with drunk driving.