A 23-year-old former student at the University of Kentucky will spend a year behind bars after she was caught on camera drunkenly attacking a Black student-employee on campus while hurling more than 200 racial slurs during the 10-minute onslaught.
Fayette Circuit Court Judge Lucy Vanmeter on Thursday ordered Sophia Rosing to serve a sentence of 12 months in jail over the racist 2022 attack, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported .
Rosing previously pleaded guilty to four counts of fourth-degree assault, one count of disorderly conduct, and one count of public intoxication. Vanmeter handed down a 12-month sentence for each of the assault charges, with the terms running concurrently, meaning at the same time. In addition to her incarceration, Rosing was also ordered to pay a fine of $25 and complete 100 hours of community service.
Rosing, a senior at the time, was later permanently banned from the campus.
Her attorney, Fred Peters, told the Lexington Herald-Leader that he believed the sentence handed down to his client was “excessive.”