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White woman finds cellphone in purse after accusing black man of theft: video

A white woman accused a black man of stealing her phone at a California mall — even accusing him of turning off the ringer — before finding the device in her purse, new video shows.

Thꦜe footage, , shows the unidentified woman looking through her bag at a Spencer’s at Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights outside Sacramento.

A California woman falsely accused a black man of attempting to steal her phone despite the fact it was in her purse. TikTok / @fuxktdub

“Can you call it, because she won’t l𒈔et us call it?” a woman with the accused thief asks the🅘 Spencer’s employee.

“Yౠeah, what’s the phone number?” the worker replies.

The woman then begins to give her number, saying “9-1-6” befor﷽e stopping herself and accusing the black man of taking another step to hide her phone after 🍷allegedly swiping it.

“Well, he could’ve turned offꦓ the ringer,” she says.

“Oh my God!” the woman with the accused man replies. “What, do you want him to get f–king naked, lady?”

A California woman went viral after accusing a black man of stealing her phone before finding it in her bag. TikTok / @fuxktdub

“I really need mඣy phone back,” the distressed woman pleads as the Spencer’s employee asks for calm while sorting out the missing phone.

The accused thief then appears to empty out his po𒁏ckets, showing his vape, as the woman continu๊es to search for her lost device, the clip shows.

“I just stuck it right here, you walked ri𝔍ght bꦍehind me and you took it,” the upset shopper says.

“I did not take it,” the accused black man says.

The Spencer’s employee then gives the woman his phone to call her elusive device — only to find it stashed away in her purse, the clip shows.

“Is it in your purse, ma𝕴’am?” the woman with the accused th𒀰ief says as the cellphone rings loudly.

“I am sorry,” she replies. “I apologize.”

“F—k off,ཧ” the woman with the accused man replies. “No you’re not.”

The accused man isn’t shown in the video, but the clip was uploaded by the account @fuxktdub, who says they are married to a black man.

“The whole situation was funny to me lol,” the accused thief wrote Wednesday on his account, @yenom_teg.

The “California Karen” accused the man of turning off the phone’s ringer in an effort to steal the phone. Instagram
The woman was condemned on TikTok. TikTok

The viral footage recalls Miya Ponsetto, the woman dubbed “Soho Karen” for falsely accusing a black teenager of swiping her cellphone at a Manhattan hotel last year. She pleaded not guilty to hate crime charges in June. 🦋Her trial is set to start on ෴Jan. 10.

“Kareꦉn really pulled this at a Spencer’s,” reads a caption on the la🎃test viral clip. “R@sism alive and well.”

Some criticᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs on TikTok, mea🐻nwhile, didn’t hold back.

According to the video, the man emptied his pockets but the woman continued to insist that he had stolen the phone. TikTok

“She didn’t wanna call her phone because she saw i😼t in her🔴 bag and knew you were recording,” one woman said.

“I didn’t wanna catch a chase,” the accused thief r♋eplied.

Another woman praised the m🎶an for keeping his cool throughout the tense ordeal.

“Accused of stealing and being told to calm down, 🧸I wo🎶uld’ve been so triggered,” she wrote.