LEXINGTON, Ky. — A former University of Kentucky student accused of yelling racial slurs at a Black student employee at a residence hall, has been criminally indicted by a Fayette County Grand Jury on all charges.
The grand jury indicted Sophia Rosing on the six charges she was initially charged with:
- Third degree assault of a police officer
- Two counts of fourth-degree assault
- Second-degree disorderly conduct
- Alcohol intoxication
The incident happened at Boyd Residence Hall in Nov. 2022. Rosing, who is white, came into the building and began taunting and using racial slurs toward Kylah Spring, a Black student who was working as a desk clerk at the dorm. The incident was captured and shared on social media.
Editor's Note: The following video contains explicit language.
this is the incident in question. pic.twitter.com/1nu35SBaFe
— arabellé 🇵🇷 (@astbellaa) November 6, 2022
UK permanently banned Rosing from campus and President Eli Capilouto said she could not re-enroll at the school.
The indictment alleges Rosing kicked a campus police officer and bit and hit three other people, including Spring.
Rosing will be arraigned in circuit court on March 17.