#’Soho Karen’ Miya Ponsetto released after facing NYC judge

She wasn’t in custody for long.

Just hours after “Soho Karen” Miya Ponsetto was hauled back to the Big Apple in police custody, she made her first court appearance on attempted robbery and attempted assault charges for allegedly attacking the 14-year-old son of jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold at a Manhattan hotel — and was sprung on supervised release.

Ponsetto was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child and grand larceny in the fourth degree.

Ponsetto, 22, did not enter a plea during the proceeding at the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn. She was ordered to stay away from Harrold and the teen.

She’s next due in Manhattan Criminal Court March 29.

The encounter with the Harrolds was apparently the second problematic incident Ponsetto had in New York, according to prosecutors.

Earlier the same day, she’s suspected of having damaged an apartment door somewhere in the East Village. No details were given, and the incident, for which she has not been charged, remains under investigation, said Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Sarah Marquez.

She was floating around the Big Apple at the time, according to Marquez, who noted Ponsetto was “staying at various locations” around the city. 

Ponsetto made national headlines when she was caught on video wrongly accusing Keyon Harrold Jr. of stealing her iPhone at the Arlo Hotel.

Video posted to Instagram by the teen’s father shows Ponsetto allegedly attacking Keyon and trying to snatch his phone.

The Piru, Calif., woman had actually inadvertently left her phone in an Uber. The driver later returned the device.

A lawyer for Ponsetto insisted she hadn’t fled New York to escape the NYPD.

“She did not flee the jurisdiction. There was no indication that she
was going to be placed under arrest,” attorney Paul D’Emilia said.

Ponsetto is expected to return to her California home, her lawyer said.

Ponsetto initially left New York as outrage over the Dec. 26 incident grew. She allegedly tried to slam her car door on an officer when local cops finally nabbed her on Thursday in California.

She’s “innocent” of the charges, her attorney told The Post.

“As the case moves forward you will see that the District Attorney’s own evidence disproves much of their case,” D’Emilia said, adding, “We are puzzled and disappointed that at this time of heightened tensions in our country that the authorities chose to exacerbate the situation by needlessly flying members of the NYPD across the country, into the teeth of COVID, to bring back a person who would have returned with a simple telephone request.” 

While Ponsetto has no criminal convictions under her belt, New York authorities revealed new details of her three run-ins with California authorities last year.

The Feb. 28 incident at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, during which Ponsetto’s mom, Nicole, allegedly pushed and kicked a cop after the allegedly drunken mother and daughter duo were asked to leave, involved a third person, according to the New York criminal complaint. which did not identify the third party.

On May 29, Miya Ponsetto “clearly intoxicated” as she left a supermarket and hopped in her car, prompting a worried bystander to call 911, and resulting in cops allegedly finding open containers of booze and marijuana in her car, according to court documents.

And like mother, like daughter, Miya herself was accused of assaulting an officer on Oct. 10, after she allegedly brawled with Nicole at a gas station and drove off in a huff, only to later abandon the vehicle.

When a police officer tried to arrest her, Miya allegedly wrestled the cop to the ground. She was later charged with drunken driving, driving with a suspended license, resisting arrest, and found to have a blood alcohol content level of .14, according to court papers.

Judge Michael Frishman warned Ponsetto she would have to make good in all her California criminal cases and was expected to be back in New York court bright and early during her next scheduled appearance.

“Apparently, you have a lot of cases in California right now. You are gonna have to appear in all those court cases as well. OK?” he asked.

“OK,” she said.