Marcella Zoia, the Toronto woman who shot to social media fame after she was filmed tossing a patio chair from a downtown highrise nearly a year ago, will have to wait a little longer before finding out if she’s going to jail.

“I never intended to hurt anybody and I know this was a very immature and stupid mistake,” the 20-year-old said in court Friday, reading from a sheet of paper at a sentencing hearing that hinged partly on whether she was intentionally seeking attention when she threw the chair off a 45th-storey balcony near the Gardiner Expressway last February.

“I have a lot of growing to do,” Zoia said. “I’m aware that someone could have been hurt or I could have caused an accident.”

Zoia, dressed in a black blazer, black pants and black boots, sat listening to the arguments about her fate with a neutral expression, occasionally biting one of her hot pink nails. She takes the experience as a lesson, she added, and it won’t happen again.

After hearing three hours of evidence from both the Crown and Zoia’s lawyer, Greg Leslie, Ontario Court Judge Mara Greene said court will adjourn for a decision on March 12.

Zoia attracted widespread public scorn — and thousands of new Instagram followers — after a video of the incident surfaced on social media last February.

She is “extraordinarily lucky that she didn’t kill someone,” said Crown Heather Keating. The chair was thrown at the “height of weekend morning” in “an area thick with condos,” she said.

Keating added that a strong message must be sent to the public that it’s not OK to toss heavy objects off condo balconies. Zoia, she said, has turned social media exposure “into a brand and into employment.”

If she doesn’t get jail time, the experience may send the message that “getting into a Drake video, even for a moment, might seem worth it.”

Since her arrest, Zoia has received a coveted blue check mark indicating that her Instagram account is now “verified.” Her follower count has also risen from around 6,000 to more than 46,000.

In December, she made a brief appearance in a music video by Drake. The cameo was cut following backlash.

A key question Friday was whether she was seeking fame in the video of the chair-tossing incident that was posted Snapchat — a messaging app in which videos disappear after they’re watched.

Zoia’s sentence should be severe, Keating argued Friday, because the video reveals she had been intentionally seeking attention. It does not matter whether she posted it herself, Keating said: “What matters is that she threw the chair knowing she was being filmed.”

“She looks directly into the camera,” Keating said. “I can’t think of a stronger Crown’s case, she’s on video committing the crime.”

Keating also questioning whether Zoia has shown genuine remorse for her actions.

She pleaded guilty to mischief causing danger to life in November.

Her sentencing hearing was postponed last month to give the Crown time to argue the model posted the video herself.

On Friday, Leslie argued she did not, saying she had been facing “peer pressure” at the time.

“My client did not post that video and she never intended to get any social media attention from it,” he said.

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Leslie said his client has performed community service since her arrest, and argued alcohol and mental health issues were factors in the case.

Zoia was diagnosed with ADHD at a young age and was “self-medicating” with alcohol, Leslie said. Zoia is “not the most mature young lady,” he said, but she “never intended to hurt anybody.”

The Crown argued Greene should sentence Zoia to four to six months in jail, with two years’ probation, community service and a social media ban; Leslie suggested she receive a two-year or longer suspended sentence with probation.

On Friday morning, the Crown presented stills from Zoia’s Snapchat account, as well as two patio chairs, complete with their cushions. Also at dispute was where the chair landed.

Around the time Zoia was filmed tossing one of the chairs from the balcony, security video showed at least 20 people “including a woman pushing a stroller” in the area below, Keating said.

“There should be no minimizing her actions or the jeopardy that she placed civilians,” she added.

After the hearing, Zoia walked out of court without stopping to speak with the crush of media around her.

Leslie said she’s “going through a lot” and has been receiving hate mail.

He added he doesn’t believe a ban on social media posting would be fair. Zoia is getting work through social media and to deny her that would be “a violation of her rights,” he said outside Old City Hall court.

He believes she “has always been remorseful” and is now “facing the consequences of her actions.”

Asked if there needs to be a precedent set to deter people from doing dumb things on social media for attention, he said a suspended sentence with a criminal record and probation would do that.

Earlier this week, James Potok, a 28-year-old aspiring rapper, claimed he was trying to go viral when he forced a Jamaica-bound plane to return to Toronto after he hinted he might have coronavirus. He’s been charged with one count of mischief and breach of recognizance.

Leslie said he would consider representing Potok, but he hasn’t reached out.