Woman says NYC hotel fined her for smoking in her room, but she claims innocence. Then she digs up the hotel’s alleged past

An Australian woman has claimed that she was falsely accused of smoking in her room and handed a $500 fine for her supposed transgression. The hotel guest aired her complaint against the M Social on TikTok, and she isn’t the first guest to make such a claim against the New York hotel.

Stephanie claimed she and a couple of other guests she was with had returned to their room to find that they had been issued a fine for allegedly smoking in their room. The fine was for $500, which Stephanie claimed she didn’t have to spare. “The $500 is for a cleaning fee,” Stephanie said. “How can you charge us $500 for a cleaning fee when you haven’t even stepped foot in the hotel room and can smell smoke?”