The 22-year-old woman christened “Soho Karen” for her confrontation with a black teenager at a Manhattan hotel was “frankly belligerent” when California police destroyed her by DUI, according to a new report.
Miya Ponsetto allegedly admitted to Los Angeles police in May that she had taken Xanax and drunk wine before she was arrested for driving irregularly, TMZ reported Monday.
According to new details of the arrest, Ponsetto refused to take a sobriety test in the field and then put himself to the test with police when they tried to handcuff her.
He fired a tantrum, according to TMZ, which reported that Ponsetto began “kicking the ground, thrashing his body and even hitting his head on the pavement.”
She was charged with driving under the influence and subsequently did not defend any competition in the case, agreeing to three hours of probation, 30 hours of community service and attending a drug and alcohol counseling program for nine months. inform the center.
Ponsetto and his mother were also charged with public poisoning and battery after causing a melee at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills on Feb. 28, according to a police report of the incident.
But it wasn’t until Dec. 26 that Ponsetto’s name went viral after he falsely accused a black teenager of stealing his iPhone at a Soho hotel.
Keyon Harrold Jr., 14, was with his father, a jazz trumpeter of the same name, at the Alro Hotel when Ponsetto is seen in a viral video approaching the teenager.
The incident has sparked a call to Manhattan prosecutors to charge Ponsetto, who is down in California.