Keyon Harrold

A white woman who wrongly accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone and tackled him at a New York City hotel appeared to back off her apology in a TV interview that aired Monday, suggesting that maybe he did try to steal it after all. Meanwhile, the teen’s parents are calling for a boycott over the hotel’s handling...

The parents of the Black teenager falsely accused of stealing a woman’s phone are demanding action. They’re now calling for a boycott of the hotel where it happened. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.

The woman who was seen on video falsely accusing acclaimed jazz musician Keyon Herrold’s son of stealing her phone has been escorted by police back to New York City two days after her arrest outside Los Angeles, police said. Miya Ponsetto was flown back to the city through Kennedy Airport early Saturday morning by NYPD detectives who’d traveled to...

The woman who was seen on video falsely accusing acclaimed jazz musician Keyon Herrold’s son of stealing her phone in a New York City hotel last month has been arrested outside of Los Angeles, police said. Miya Ponsetto was put into custody Thursday evening by Ventura County Sheriff deputies. It was not immediately clear what charges the 22-year-old would...

The woman who accused black teen of stealing her cell phone has been arrested, Marc Santia reports.

The woman who was seen on video falsely accusing acclaimed jazz musician Keyon Herrold’s son of stealing her phone in a New York City hotel last month has been arrested outside of Los Angeles, police said. Katherine Creag reports.

The woman who was seen on video falsely accusing acclaimed jazz musician Keyon Herrold’s son of stealing her phone in a New York City hotel last month has been arrested outside of Los Angeles, police said. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

An attorney for the woman who was seen falsely accusing acclaimed jazz musician Keyon Herrold’s son of stealing her phone in a New York City hotel has identified her client and police are on their way to interview the woman in Los Angeles. LA-based attorney Sharen Ghatan on Tuesday confirmed to NBC News that 22-year-old Miya Ponsetto was in...

The mother of the 14-year-old boy at the center of a racially charged upscale New York City hotel confrontation demanded the woman seen falsely accusing her son of phone theft be held accountable as calls for justice continue to mount. According to a one-minute video and narrative posted by the boy’s father, acclaimed jazz musician Keyon Harrold, the as...

A black teen was falsely accused of stealing a phone and now his family and other activists desire justice to be served for prejudice acts.

Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump and musician Keyon Harrold hold a rally in City Hall to protest against an alleged false accusation of theft and attack on his son by a woman at an upscale hotel last week. News 4’s Tracie Strahan reports.

The NYPD has confirmed they are looking for the woman who was seen on video falsely accusing a teen boy of stealing her cellphone at a Manhattan hotel. NBC New York’s Phil Lipof reports.

Jazz musician Keyon Harrold claims he and his son were assaulted at an upscale New York City hotel by a woman who accused the teenage boy of stealing her cellphone over the weekend. Harrold on Sunday posted a video on Instagram which showed part of the incident in the lobby of the Arlo Hotel in SoHo, sparking conversations about how…

Jazz musician Keyon Harrold claims he and his son were assaulted at an upscale New York City hotel by a woman who accused the teenage boy of stealing her cellphone over the weekend. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.