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SoHo ‘Karen’ Miya Ponsetto‘s wrongdoing on the other side of the country has finally caught up with her in Los Angeles … she was just taken into custody.
Law enforcement sources tell us they arrested Ponsetto Thursday in a joint effort by the L.A. County Sheriff and NYPD. We’re told she’s expected to be charged with attempted robbery for falsely accusing and assaulting a 14-year-old black child. Presumably she will be extradited to NYC.
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As we reported, officers from the NYPD were looking for Ponsetto after video surfaced showing the 22-year-old attacking a 14-year-old who she had accused of stealing her cellphone at the Arlo SoHo hotel in NYC. She tried to take the boy’s personal phone during the attack, ridiculously believing it must be hers.
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Ponsetto left to California shortly after the December 26 incident, laying low with her mom, but was spotted outside a McDonalds just last week.
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Ponsetto has a history of run-ins with the law including 2 DUI busts in 2020 and getting arrested with her mom in February for allegedly being drunk in public at the Peninsula hotel in Bev Hills.
As for the 14-year-old who she attacked, Keyon Harold Jr., his father tells us the family is seeking trauma therapy for their son.
Ponsetto’s attorney tells us the attack wasn’t racially motivated, but instead a result of an anxiety attack. As for her phone … that was later found in an Uber and returned to her.