An insider said: "They were just talking to the kid because he was trespassing, but his mother made it an issue. She wanted to know why he was stopped and why did they talk to him." A source claimed: "She said, 'I am Sunny Hostin, I am on The View.'" Authorities said he was spotted "on the right-of-way of the active railroad tracks, in violation of the posted no trespassing signs." Sunny, who is serving as her son's lawyer, wrote a letter to an assistant district attorney asking for the case to be dismissed.