BELMONT, Calif. – A young woman on the Peninsula headed to her first pilates class at Hotworx Belmont last month, but she says it ended in a false accusation of theft. The Redwood Shores woman says she didn’t expect the situation to lead to a viral TikTok video, but the call she received the next day changed everything.
“The next day I get a call from a manager, and he says, ‘I have you on camera stealing someone’s ring,’” Sydney Laday tells KTVU. Laday’s friend Carolina Moscoso was with her at the studio that day. The pair were hoping to make working out together a regular habit.
When the studio manager accused Laday of theft over the phone, she and Moscoso went to speak with him directly.…