UPDATE: “Soho Karen” Sued Over Phone Attack
Miss Ponsetto AKA “Soho Karen” may be out of the slammer but she still has some things to take care of like this lawsuit that was recently brought against her.
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Miss Ponsetto now has a civil lawsuit on her hands in addition to the criminal charges she’s already facing for her infamous “SoHo Karen” hotel confrontation. The victim Keyon Harrold and his family are suing her as they claim she falsely accused their teenage son of stealing her phone, and then proceeded to attack the kid.
In docs obtained by TMZ, the Harrolds say what happened to their son was clearly racial profiling. They’ve also alleged assault/battery, false imprisonment, infliction of emotional distress, and other loss on behalf of their son, whom they say was emotionally frightened by the incident which has gone viral, and even incurred medical expenses. On top of this, the family is suing the Arlo — the hotel where this all went down — claiming they also failed to provide a safe environment for guests.
Miya’s attorney, Paul D’Emilia, has spoken out to let TMZ know that she hasn’t been made aware of any civil action against her, and is working on resolving her criminal case.
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