The family involved in a now-viral incident in a New York City hotel in which a woman wrongly accused a Black teen of stealing a cell phone is speaking out, with the 14-year-old telling Good Morning America he still doesn't understand exactly what happened.
"I've been confused," Keyon Harrold Jr. said. "I mean, don't know what would've happened if my dad wasn't there, honestly. These past few days, still kind of shell-shocked. But I'm hanging in there."
He appeared with his father -- Grammy-winning jazz musician Keyon Harrold -- his mom Kat Rodriguez and their attorney Ben Crump, who is calling for Manhattan District Attorney to bring charges against the woman.
The incident, which was recorded on cellphone video, happened in the lobby of the Arlo Hotel on Saturday, where the teen and his father were staying as guests. The unidentified woman repeatedly demanded he "give it back," apparently referencing her cell phone.
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