The nine-year-old black boy falsely accused of sexual assault by a white woman in a New York City bodega earlier this week has spoken out to tell of his humiliation since a video of the incident went viral.

Jeremiah Harvey was wrongly accused of groping Teresa Klein's backside in a bodega in Brooklyn last Wednesday. She called 911 afterwards, standing outside the convenience store as Jeremiah and his young sister cried to their mother.

The incident was caught by shocked onlookers and was posted on Facebook. They dubbed Klein 'cornerstone Caroline' in accordance with a recent trend of white people unnecessarily calling the police on innocent black people in public places.

Surveillance footage from inside the bodega showed that Jeremiah had in fact only brushed past Klein with his book bag. His hands were in front of him and he was with his mother at the time.

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Jeremiah Harvey, nine, cried as he said he still felt 'humiliated' for being wrongly accused of sexually assaulting a 53-year-old woman

Jeremiah's mother Someko Bellille comforted the young boy as he said he had not been able to think of anything else since the incident

Despite the 53-year-old woman's apology earlier in the week, the boy and his mother Someko Bellille said on Friday morning that they are still reeling from her false accusation and the racial undertones behind it.

Appearing on Good Morning America, Jeremiah said: 'It's still hard because I had this lately on my mind...I can't think [of] nothing more but this.

'I felt humiliated.'

His mother was emotional as she described having to talk to him that night about sexual assault.

Jeremiah's emotional mother said she never thought she would have to have a conversation with him about sexual assault much less at his age

Teresa Klein, 53, is the woman who wrongly accused him. Last week, she returned to the bodega to apologize to the boy on camera

The moment Jeremiah's bag grazes Klein in the Sahara Deli Market in Flatbush last Wednesday

Klein confronted passers-by (left) who told her to 'go home' and continued to tell police she had been assaulted (right)

'It was devastating for him because even after walking away he was pointing to patrol cars on Flatbush Avenue and say, "Mommy are they here to take you away from us?"

Jeremiah said he had forgiven the woman because 'friendship is the key'

'To be having a conversation with your son about sexual assault at the age of nine... I never thought I would be having this conversation with my son at all.'

Earlier in the week, Jeremiah said he did not forgive Klein for her accusation.

He has since changed his mind.

'I do [accept her apology]. Friendship is the key,' he said.

His mother, determined that he should be an example for other children and not let the incident get the better of him, said she also forgave the woman.

'I accept her apology.

'I want unity. I don't want no harm brought to this lady,' she said.