A 22-year-old woman snapped at the 'CBS This Morning' co-host as she was being questioned.
Gayle King's latest interview has many people talking. The CBS This Morning co-host interviewed Miya Ponsetto, a 22-year-old woman who allegedly attacked a 14-year-old Black teen, and falsely accused him of stealing her phone at a hotel in New York.
During their interview, Ponsetto -- who has since been arrested -- snapped at King while getting flustered attempting to answer a question.
"All right Gayle, enough," Ponsetto said, raising her hand and motioning King to stop questioning her. Her lawyer, Sharen H. Ghatan, who was at her side, whispered for Ponsetto to stop talking.
Security video allegedly showed Ponsetto attacking 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr. from behind at Manhattan's Arlo Hotel and tackling him to the ground. The teen's father, Keyon Harrold Sr., also recorded the incident and put the video online.
"I admit, I could have approached the situation differently, or maybe not yelled at him like that or made him feel ... inferior, or like I was hurting his feelings," Ponsetto told King in the interview, adding that she considers herself to be "super sweet" and "never meant" to hurt the teen.
While King questioned her on being "super sweet" after "randomly attacking people," Ponsetto accused the father of attacking her. Surveillance footage does not support her claim. Ponsetto then started to get flustered as King pressed her to admit that her alleged actions were wrong.
Harrold Jr.'s parents released a statement to CBS This Morning, saying, "This is not about an apology from someone who until a few days ago was claiming she did nothing wrong, and in fact alleged Keyon Harrold Sr. had assaulted her. Someone who targeted a 14-year-old Black child because of the color of his skin."
The interview happened before Ponsetto was arrested Thursday in her home state of California. The New York Police Department had a warrant for her arrest and flew detectives out to California to detain her, CBS News reports. She was detained on a fugitive warrant outside her home. It's unclear what charges she is facing at this time.
"It’s a very sad story," King said after her segment. "There’s something sad about her, and the trauma she put this 14-year-old through, is not OK."
After Ponsetto's arrest, Ghatan said to ET that she was "saddened to hear" the news but "was not surprised."
"I know it could have been prevented had she stayed with me and continued on with the interviews and approached things in a way that I had lined up," the attorney stated. "I can tell you she has not been in contact since yesterday or today, and I understand she is due in court."
Ghatan added that Ponsetto's mother has not reached out to her either. "So as of right now, I don’t really know how I can assist her…I have a client that is not adhering to the advice that I am giving them. It makes it difficult for me to move forward," she said.
As for Ponsetto's interview with King, Ghatan also noted that her client wasn’t dressed in the professional attire that she had requested. Many on social media, as well as King in her segment, pointed out Ponsetto's "Daddy" baseball cap.
"She wasn’t conducting herself in a serious fashion and a professional fashion as I had also advised her. She was unwilling to take this hat off during this interview, she was unwilling to wear the clothes we thought would be more appropriate again for an interview," Ghatan said, adding, "And she came off as very uncooperative and frankly disrespectful to both Gayle King and myself."
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