The 22-year-old nicknamed “Soho Karen” because of her confrontation with a black teenager at a hotel in Manhattan was “downright belligerent” when California police arrested her for DUI, according to a new report .
Miya Ponsetto allegedly admitted to Los Angeles police in May that she took Xanax and drank wine before being pulled for irregular driving, TMZ reported on Monday.
According to the newly released details of the arrest, Ponsetto refused a sobriety test in the field, then became angry with police when they tried to handcuff her.
She was furious, according to TMZ, which reported that Ponsetto began “kicking the ground, hitting his body and even banging his head on the sidewalk.”
She was charged with driving under the influence and subsequently did not plead for any competition in this case, agreeing to three hours of probation, 30 hours of community service and participating in a nine-month alcohol counseling program. and drugs, the press said.
Ponsetto and her 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 December 26 that Ponsetto’s name went viral after he falsely accused a black teenager of stealing his iPhone at a hotel in Soho.
Keyon Harrold Jr., 14, was with his father, a jazz trumpeter of the same name, at the Hotel Alro, when Ponsetto is seen on a viral video addressing the teenager.
The incident prompted a call by Manhattan prosecutors to charge Ponsetto, who is lying in California.