A Maryland woman has received her sentence for an incident involving a teenager at her hair salon, where she was accused of dragging the 15-year-old across the floor over a payment dispute.

Local reports, including coverage by The Washington Post, confirm that 19-year-old Jayla Cunningham has been sentenced to six months of home detention. This follows her November conviction on charges of second-degree assault.

The incident gained significant attention when Cunningham shared a video of the altercation with the teenager on March 2, 2025. The footage quickly went viral, reportedly garnering over 50 million views.

This video later played a crucial role in her trial, serving as key evidence that contributed to her conviction.

In what appears to be surveillance footage from inside the Temple Hills salon, Cunningham can be seen dragging the girl across the floor by her hood before lurching her forward and ordering, “stay right here.” She then appears to add: “I”m not f— playing. You just tried to f— run?”

According to Washington, D.C.’s Fox affiliate WTTG, Cunningham had just completed a $150 weave installation for the girl before resorting to cutting the weave out with scissors during the confrontation.

“She ran without paying me,” Cunningham told the area TV station. “I dragged her by her hood back into the salon until I could get paid or, you know, until the police come or until, you know, she let me take out the service. Because it’s like … she literally ran outside, like she was about to be gone. I feel like if I didn’t do that, she would have been gone, and I would have just never been paid.”

The 15-year-old girl’s mother ended up filing a charge against Cunningham after the assault, with the pair saying the assailant pulled the minor’s hair and not just her hood. They also said that the girl did not try to skirt payment but rather sent her payment to the wrong address.

Cunningham reportedly had no idea she had been charged following the incident until WTTG brought it to her attention. As court proceedings commenced and continued, she told a Prince George’s County judge that “I really do regret what I did,” adding, “Can you have faith in me? Can you believe in me that I am trying?”

The defendant said she was going through mental health struggles at the time and was in the throes of an abusive relationship.

While the judge said he has “no reason to believe you’re a bad person,” he told the defendant that the “disregard you showed that young lady on that day is unacceptable.” As part of her sentence, Cunningham must take anger management classes and undergo mental health treatment.