Nine-Year-Old Boy Falsely Accused of Sexual Assault Says, ‘I Felt Humiliated’

A nine-year-old boy who was accused of sexual assault in a Brooklyn convenience store is struggling to move forward after being proven innocent. 

Jeremiah Harvey was at the center of a viral video dubbed “Cornerstore Caroline” when a woman, later identified as Teresa Klein, called 9-1-1 claiming that Harvey grabbed her butt. 

In a video of the incident uploaded to social media by Jason Littlejohn, Klein can be heard yelling into her phone, “I want the cops here right now. I was sexually assaulted by a child!”

After the video surfaced, it garnered national attention, many claiming that Klein only called 9-1-1 because Harvey was black.

In an interview with ABC’s WABC in New York, Klein said, “I called 911 because this woman was very aggressive.” Klein also denied the allegations that she called the police because of Harvey’s race. 

A few days later, after security footage showed that Harvey had done nothing wrong and that his backpack merely grazed the woman’s back, Klein issued an apology to Harvey. She said, “Young man, I don’t know your name, but I’m sorry.”

Still, Harvey said in an interview on Good Morning America that he is struggling to move forward. 

Harvey and his mother sat down with Lindsey Davis from ABC News where he said, “It’s still hard because lately on my mind, like, I can’t think nothing but…