"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin repeatedly reminded police she was a "former federal prosecutor" after officers stopped her Harvard-educated son for trespassing on Metro-North railroad property, as newly released body camera video captured the TV host urging officers to cut him a break."My name is Sunny Hostin and I'm one of the co-hosts of 'The View' and I'm a former federal prosecutor," Hostin tells an officer over the phone in bodycam video obtained by Fox News Digital.After arriving at the scene, Hostin continued making her case.Body camera video shows "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin speaking with MTA police as her son, Gabriel Hostin, stands nearby after being stopped for trespassing on Metro-North railroad property.(Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA))"That's my son.
He's a Harvard graduate.He doesn't have a criminal record," she says.
"He's not a kid who's ever in trouble.It's an innocent mistake."According to records obtained by Fox News Digital, Gabriel Hostin was stopped by Metropolitan Transportation Authority police shortly before 8 p.m.
June 16 after officers observed him on the Metro-North railroad right-of-way at the New Rochelle station.Police alleged he was trespassing in an area marked with "NO TRESPASSING" signs."The View" co-host Sunny Hostin speaks with Metropolitan Transportation Authority police officers after her son, Gabriel Hostin, was stopped for trespassing on Metro-North railroad property in New Rochelle, New York.(Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA))An MTA Police spokesperson told Fox News Digital the 23-year-old was observed running near an electrified third rail before officers stopped him near Commerce Drive, conducted a criminal background check and escorted him from the area.Because Hostin had no criminal history and cooperated with officers, police said he was issued a summons for trespass and released.The bodycam video shows Gabriel Hostin asking officers whether issuing the summons was necessary.Co-host Sunny...