A former University of Kentucky student who went viral for a horrific incident on campus in 2022 has been sentenced to prison.
Sophia Rosing, 23, who once majored in business and marketing, 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 a year behind bars for the racist attack, Fayette Circuit Court Judge Lucy Vanmeter ruled Thursday.
He 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.
He briefly apologized to the victim, Kylah Spring, a freshman at the school who was working as a receptionist the night Rosing drunkenly returned to her dorm without her student ID. Lex 18 reports.
Sophia Rosing, 23, was sentenced Thursday to serve one year in prison for her viral racial rant in November 2022.
Rosing was still screaming as police officers took her away. She had bitten them, kicked them and informed them of her “wealth” as they tried to restrain her, despite growing up in a modest three-bedroom, two-bathroom family property in Fort Mitchell with her parents and siblings.
Rosing had returned to the Lexington, Kentucky, campus after a night of drinking before lunging toward Spring, who was manning the front desk.
Some students tried to intervene and others pulled out their phones to record the 10-minute tirade during which she punched Spring, told her to “do her homework” and repeatedly called her an “ugly black bitch.” .
When University of Kentucky police officers arrived to arrest her at 4 a.m., she told them she was getting “special treatment” because she had “a lot of money” and refused to identify herself to officers as they took her to jail. .
The university suspended her just hours after the incident and permanently banned her from campus three days later.
Rosing was also charged with first- and second-degree crimes of public intoxication, third-degree assault on a police officer, fourth-degree assault and second-degree disorderly conduct.
But she posted $10,000 bail and was released the next night.
Rosing was caught on camera lunging at freshman Kylah Spring, who was manning the front desk of her dorm, and calling her the N-word.
Meanwhile, the University of Kentucky held an anti-racism march in which Spring gave 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, also known as Sophia Rosing.”
‘This is a recurring problem throughout the American school system, regardless of age.
‘I am deeply saddened by the events that took place, but I am very grateful for the justice that is yet to come.
‘To Miss Rosing, you will not break my spirit and you will be responsible for your actions. I just 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 down, we go up. “I will continue to approach this situation with grace and humility.”
Spring has since revealed that he 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 spoke about what happened and that rings true today.”
Spring said he has since forgiven Rosing for his actions that night.
He spoke at an anti-racism march the next day about what he had endured.
She told the court at the time: “I understand that one moment should not define you for the rest of your life, and I also understand that in every moment, we are responsible for what we do.”
But Rosing’s lawyer, Fred Peters, has said his client stopped drinking after the viral tirade.
“She is extremely remorseful,” he said.
“He has had a lot of time to think about what he has done and wrote a nice letter of apology.”
The attorney went on to admit that Rosing’s actions that night were “horrible.”
“He got into a fight with the employee and bit people on the hand,” he said. he told the Lexington Herald-Leader.
But Peters argued that the one-year prison sentence is “excessive.”
“I believe she did not deserve a 12-month prison sentence (for) the first crime of 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.
Meanwhile, Spring says she remains unconvinced of Rosing’s remorse, noting that he did not address his behavior in court.
“I feel like a person who is repentant takes actions that aim to show that they are repentant,” he said. “Not just words.”
“I think if he admits at least part of what he’s done, if he admits the things he said and is able to own up to them, I think that will follow.”
“I imagine seeing himself acting in that light is not an easy thing to see, so I guess there’s still a little bit of maturing and unpacking that he needs to do with that. So I’ll give him the space to do that.”
“I forgive her even more for myself,” he added.
‘I was raised not to hold grudges, I was raised to give people forgiveness because God forgave us.’