A White University of Kentucky student accused of physically assaulting a Black student worker while repeatedly using racial slurs has been permanently banned from the school.
November 10, 2022 / 8:15 AMLexington-Fayette Urban County Division of Community Correctionsaccused of physically assaulting a Black student worker while repeatedly using racial slursSophia Rosing is no longer a student at the university following the incident Sunday and will not be allowed to reenroll, university President Eli Capilouto said in a message to the UK community Wednesday. The school's investigation continues.
Campus police charged Rosing with first and second offenses of alcohol intoxication in a public place, third-degree assault of a police officer, fourth-degree assault and second-degree disorderly conduct, according to an arrest report."She's very humiliated and embarrassed and remorseful," Peters said of his client.
Rosing had been suspended on an interim basis within hours after university officials learned of the incident. The suspension banned her from campus during the investigation, Capilouto said. Kylah Spring, a freshman working as a desk clerk, says in the video that Rosing hit her multiple times and kicked her in the stomach. Spring said the attack began when she asked Rosing, who appeared to be intoxicated, if she was OK.Another Black student is seen in the video trying to intervene. Rosing also appears to try to hit the two students with a shopping cart.
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