Posted on 07/18/2026 2:39:15 PM PDT by Morgana
The View co-host Sunny Hostin tried to talk cops out of arresting her son by repeatedly name-dropping her show and legal background, newly released bodycam footage shows.
Hostin, 57, pleaded with cops not to issue her Harvard-educated son Gabriel, 24, a trespassing citation after he was stopped by officers for walking along train tracks last month.
The TV star showed up to the scene to save her son on the Metro-North Railroad tracks in Westchester County, New York, and wasted no time telling the officers who she was.
'My name is Sunny Hostin and I’m one of the co-hosts of The View and I’m a former federal prosecutor,' she was seen telling the officers in bodycam footage.
'That's my son. He's a Harvard graduate, he doesn't have a criminal record,' she continued.
Police said Gabriel Hostin was detained by the side of the tracks for 'criminal trespassing' around 8pm on June 16, after he was caught 'on the right-of-way of the active railroad tracks, in violation of the posted no trespassing signs.'
The 24-year-old told officers that he did not intend to trespass, and claimed he ran through an open gate while out on a run.
His famous mom showed up within minutes after the officers moved to a nearby street, with Hostin quickly telling the cops the incident was an 'innocent mistake.'
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Nobody is impressed with Harvard. Mainly because it accepts stupid trash like this kid. Can he even read?
The cops probably never heard of her or The View. I don’t know a single man who would ever watch those harpies.
Is there video of it at the link?
DONT YOU KNOW WHO I AM, says commie from “The Spew” it would have been great had the officer said “No, I dont know who the freakin hell you are I dont watch the Spew”
Does Hostin’s 24-year-old son have his mommy following him everywhere he goes?
Lefties gonna leftie fascist...
YMMV....
“””DONT YOU KNOW WHO I AM, says commie from “The Spew” it would have been great had the officer said “No, I dont know who the freakin hell you are I dont watch the Spew”””””””””
Maybe the officer said...Yes, I do know who you are. You will get the electric chair.
I do not condone Mommy’s actions—But frankly the cops should just give the kid a warning if he was out on a run. (jogger) And perhaps that was going to be the intention of the copper.
You should read about Sunny’s husband he is also a piece of work
Trespassing is not going to impact his permanent record. Go before a magistrate and explain yourself. It would get tossed.
What a maroon.
“My name is Sunny Hostin and I’m one of the co-hosts of The View...”
The police should have tasered her a$$ at that point...
SMIRKing right now.
What’s a, ‘Sunny Hostin?’
Is that some sort of perennial plant? *SMIRK*
She dropped her name and her show like they’re something important... They are not.
Is that the slave owner’s great-granddaughter?
Excuse me, fourth great granddaughter..?
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