A white University of Kentucky student charged with physically assaulting a Black student employee and repeatedly shouting racial insults has been expelled indefinitely.
In a statement to the UK community on Wednesday, university president Eli Capilouto stated that Sophia Rosing is no longer enrolled due to the incident on Sunday and would not be permitted to re-enroll. The investigation at the school is ongoing.
Rosing was scheduled to receive her diploma in May. According to her lawyer, Fred Peters, she will get therapy for her problems.
According to an arrest report, Rosing was charged by campus police with first- and second-time public intoxication charges, third- and fourth-degree assaults on police officers, and second-and third-degree disorderly conduct.
Rosing entered a not-guilty plea to the charges on Monday afternoon, and later that day, she was released on bond. Peters described his client as “extremely ashamed, embarrassed, and apologetic.”
“This behavior was terrible and devastating to our community,” Capilouto stated in his message. He declared, “We stand with our kids who were the targets of this intolerance and violence.
As soon as university officials learned about the occurrence, Rosing was temporarily suspended. During the investigation, she was prohibited from entering campus, according to Capilouto.
A video of the fight in Boyd Hall was uploaded to several social media websites. In the video, Kylah Spring, a freshman desk worker, claims that Rosing repeatedly punched and kicked her in the stomach. When Rosing, who appeared drunk, was asked if she was okay, according to Spring, the attack started.
In the video, Rosing can be heard hurling racist insults, and according to a police report, she kept up the offensive comments once she was taken to jail.
I don’t get paid enough for this, Spring, who was working an overnight shift, commented at one point without taking offense.
According to an arrest affidavit, Rosing informed an officer that she had “plenty of money and (gets) special treatment” once the police arrived. “She kicked me and bit my hand when I urged her to recline in the chair.”
Spring spoke to the woman who was said to have assaulted her during a rally on campus on Monday night.
“You will not break my spirit, and you will be held accountable for your actions,” she said. “I only pray that you open your heart to love and try to experience life differently and more positively after this.”