Sunny Hostin’s Son
Puts Trespassing Case in Rear-‘View’
Published
Sunny Hostin‘s legal skills helped put her son on the right track to dismiss his trespassing case in New York … he completed a diversion program, and now his case is being resolved.
TMZ has learned the citation against Gabriel Hostin is being dismissed after he completed the Fresh Start program.
Fresh Start is a pre-arraignment diversion program providing eligible first-time, low-level offenders the opportunity to avoid criminal prosecution by completing specific requirements … namely, a three-hour educational course, which Gabriel successfully completed.
As we reported … Gabriel was cited June 16 over an incident with police that did not involve an arrest — after cops accused him of trespassing on the right-of-way of the active railroad tracks.
Sunny wrote a compelling letter to the D.A. after the citation was issued, requesting the case be dropped.
Sunny wrote, “My client is a 2025 Harvard University graduate with no criminal history or prior contact with the criminal justice system. He is an avid runner and former Junior Olympian track athlete who was in the area training.”
Sunny said her son was jogging when he noticed “a gravel incline that could be used for hill training” and didn’t see a nearby “No Trespassing” sign.
Body cam footage showed the very chill discussion on the street … during which Sunny noted Gabriel graduated from Harvard to cops. However, before she arrived, officers did cuff him.
Prosecutors say they repeatedly offered Gabriel the opportunity to participate in the Fresh Start program … and after initially insisting the case be resolved with an immediate dismissal, he accepted the offer, completed the course on Aug. 20 and put this all behind him.
