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Vile University of Kentucky student who called black staffer the N-word 200 times before assaulting her in viral video learns her fate By Melissa Koenig For Dailymail.Com Published: 00:16, 21 October 2024 | Updated: 00:36, 21 October 2024 e-mail View comments A former University of Kentucky student who went viral for a horrific 2022 campus incident has been sentenced to prison. Sophia Rosing, 23, a one-time business and marketing major, was caught unleashing a vicious tirade on camera - calling a black staff member the N-word at least 200 times while assaulting her.
Rosing will serve one year behind bars for the racist attack, Fayette Circuit Court Judge Lucy Vanmeter ruled Thursday. She will also be required to perform 100 hours of community service and pay a $25 fine under a plea deal, in which Rosing pleaded guilty to four counts of fourth-degree assault, one count of disorderly conduct and one count of alcohol intoxication. She briefly apologized to the victim, Kylah Spring, a first-year student at the school who was serving as a front-desk clerk the night Rosing drunkenly stumbled back into her dorm without her student ID, Lex 18 reports.
Sophia Rosing, 23, was sentenced Thursday to serve one year behind bars for her viral racial tirade in November 2022 Rosing was still yelling as she was led away by police officers. She had bitten, kicked and informed them of her 'wealth' as they tried to restrain her - despite growing up in a modest three-bedroom and two-bathroom family property in Fort Mitchell with her parents and siblings. Rosing had stumbled back onto campus in Lexington, Kentucky, after a night out drinking before launching herself at Spring who was manning the front desk.
Some students tried to intervene and others took out their phones to record the 10-minute tirade during which she swung punches at Spring, told her to 'do her chores', and repeatedly called her an 'ugly n***** bitch'. When University of Kentucky police officers arrived to detain her at 4am she told them she gets 'special treatment' because she has 'lots of money', and refused to identify herself to officers as she was slung into jail. She was suspended by the university within hours of the incident, and permanently banned from campus three days later.
Rosing was also charged with first and second degree offenses of public intoxication, third-degree assault of a police officer, fourth-degree assault and second-degree disorderly conduct. But she posted a $10,000 bond and was released the next night. Rosing was caught on camera launching herself at first-year student Kylah Spring who was manning the front desk at her dormitory, and calling her the N-word Meanwhile, the University of Kentucky held an anti-racism march in which Spring made an impassioned speech to those who showed up to support her.
She told the crowd: 'I was physically, verbally and racially assaulted by Jane Doe, aka Sophia Rosing. 'This is a recurring issue in and across the American school system no matter what age. 'I am deeply saddened by the events that took place, but I am most grateful for justice that is to come.
'To Miss Rosing, you will not break my spirit and you will be held accountable for your actions. I only pray that you open your heart to love and try to experience life differently and more positively. 'As Michelle Obama once said, when they go low, we go high .
I will continue to address this situation with grace and humility.' Spring has since revealed that she told Rosing at a sentencing hearing 'that she didn't break my spirit. 'That was one of the things I said the first time I ever spoke about what happened and that rings true today.
' Spring said she has since forgiven Rosing for her actions that night She spoke at an anti-racism march the following day about what she had endured She told the court at the time: 'I do understand that one moment should not define you for the rest of your life, and I also understand that for every moment, we are accountable for what we do.' But Rosing's attorney Fred Peters has said that his client stopped drinking in the aftermath of the viral tirade. 'She's extremely remorseful,' he said.
'She has had a lot of time to think about what she has done, and she wrote a nice letter of apology.' The attorney went on to admit that Rosing's actions that night were 'awful.' 'She got into a scuffle with the clerk, bit people on the hand,' he told the Lexington Herald-Leader.
But, Peters argued that the one-year prison sentence is 'excessive.' 'I think she did not deserve a sentence of 12 months in prison [for] the very first offense in her life,' he said, noting that Rosing will be in protective custody at the Fayette County Detention Center due to the nature of her crimes. 'It was not a good day for Sophia Rosing,' he said.
Rosing has pleaded guilty to four counts of fourth-degree assault, one count of disorderly conduct and one count of alcohol intoxication Spring, meanwhile, says she remains unconvinced of Rosing's remorse - noting that she did not address her behavior in court. 'I feel that a person that is remorseful takes actions that are moving towards proving they are remorseful,' she said. 'Not just words.
' 'I think her admitting at least a piece of what she's done – admitting the things she said and being able to own up to them, I think it's going to follow behind. 'Seeing yourself act in that light is not an easy thing to see, I imagine, so I guess there's still a bit of maturing and unpacking she needs to do with that. So I'll give her the space to do that.
' 'I forgive her more so for myself, she added. 'I was raised not to hold grudges, I was raised that we give people forgiveness because God forgave us.' Share or comment on this article: Vile University of Kentucky student who called black staffer the N-word 200 times before assaulting her in viral video learns her fate e-mail Add comment.
