The former University of Kentucky student caught on camera spewing a racist rant while drunk faces a string of charges that could cost her prison time. The woman’s viral rant shows her physically and verbally accosting a Black student.
Sophia Rosing, 22, was indicted by a grand jury on Feb. 22 on three counts of fourth-degree assault, one count of third-degree assault, one count of second-degree disorderly conduct and one count of alcohol intoxication.
Kylah Spring, the Black student subjected to Rosing’s racist harassment shared news of the indictment on her Instagram page where her supporters applauded her.
“When she went low, you went high!! What an amazing woman that I am honored to share a community with! Thank you for being a voice for women of color. You are powerful! This is just the beginning of the volumes that you will speak!” Graceemukherjee wrote on Instagram.
Instagram user Survivingwithgoodness expressed a desire for hate crime charges.
“I do wish they had put a hate crime charge included but, happy to hear she’s being held accountable! That there is serious consequences for her serious actions!” the user wrote.
In a now-deleted post, Rosing’s mother expressed support for her daughter amid her criminal charges.
“No one is perfect, and no one is above perfection. We all make mistakes, and no mistake should cost someone everything,” Jill Rosing wrote on the Change.org page.
Rosing’s problems began around 1 a.m. on Nov. 6 on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington when she arrived at campus without identification. An inebriated Rosing was captured on cellphone video saying a slew of racial slurs.
Spring was working at the Boyd residency hall front desk when she encountered Rosing. The viral video shows a slouching Rosing calling Spring the N-word multiple times.
“You’re a n—-r and a b—ch,” Rosing is heard…
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