{"id":800119,"date":"2026-07-13T23:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T23:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800119\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T23:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T23:37:13","slug":"sunny-hostins-son-gabriel-cited-for-trespassing-the-view-host-representing-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800119\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunny Hostin&#8217;s Son Gabriel Cited For Trespassing, &#8216;The View&#8217; Host Representing Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          &#8216;The View&#8217; Host Sunny Hostin<br \/>\n                          Writes Passionate Letter Defending Son Gabriel<br \/>\n                          Over Alleged Trespassing<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              July 13, 2026<br \/>\n                            1:23 PM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  July 13, 2026<br \/>\n                                3:49 PM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260713_82d6eb526bef471a85e899d82d2cb32d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a9c8abd2-4851-4ec5-8c24-c9d7b91ee21e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/82d6eb526bef471a85e899d82d2cb32d_md.jpg\" alt=\"Sunny hostin Gabriel Hostin getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/sunny-hostin\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunny Hostin<\/a>&#8216;s son, Gabriel Hostin, was hit with a trespassing violation in New York City &#8230; TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<p>According to court records obtained by TMZ &#8230; Gabriel was cited June 16 over an incident with police that did not involve an arrest. Gabriel was accused of trespassing on the right-of-way of the active railroad tracks.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260713_cdf6dadcecd54279a1b286d4206f9f73\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a9c8abd2-4851-4ec5-8c24-c9d7b91ee21e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cdf6dadcecd54279a1b286d4206f9f73_md.jpg\" alt=\"Sunny hostin Gabriel Hostin getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The court records reveal &#8220;The View&#8221; host, a former federal prosecutor and attorney, is listed as her son&#8217;s lawyer.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As part of the case, Sunny wrote a compelling letter to the D.A. requesting the case be dropped before the scheduled hearing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"media-link document-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dam.tmz.com\/document\/99\/o\/2026\/07\/13\/99005b398ab443eb861214c24d4e58c4.pdf\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:document-asset:document_pdf_20260713_99005b398ab443eb861214c24d4e58c4\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a9c8abd2-4851-4ec5-8c24-c9d7b91ee21e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><\/p>\n<p>              <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fd8e610630a245f3aa37eac8f37ae58e_md.jpg\" alt=\"Read Sunny's letter launch\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunny wrote, \u201cMy 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sunny said her son was jogging when he noticed \u201ca gravel incline that could be used for hill training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;View&#8217; host said there was a gate at the entrance of the gravel incline and the gates were standing open. She noted there was no visible \u201cno trespassing\u201d sign on the gate and he believed it was an open area.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260713_0b83b093303641b8b1b0b572e4845440\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a9c8abd2-4851-4ec5-8c24-c9d7b91ee21e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0b83b093303641b8b1b0b572e4845440_md.jpg\" alt=\"Sunny and Gabriel Hostin INSTA 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunny said a police officer approached her son, who immediately called her to come to the scene. She called the entire incident an \u201chonest mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She noted that her son has worked hard to build an \u201cexemplary academic and personal record.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260713_1c067bf30b024069b7e59dc682f37bbe\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a9c8abd2-4851-4ec5-8c24-c9d7b91ee21e\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1c067bf30b024069b7e59dc682f37bbe_md.jpg\" alt=\"Sunny and Gabriel Hostin INSTA 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunny argued, \u201cDismissal would avoid imposing unnecessary consequences on a young man who has demonstrated exceptional character and achievement and who poses no risk to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sunny&#8217;s son has a court appearance scheduled for July 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;The View&#8217; Host Sunny Hostin Writes Passionate Letter Defending Son Gabriel Over Alleged Trespassing Published July 13, 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-800119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}