A University of Kentucky student who boasted about being rich grew up in a modest three-bed single-family home – while students are demanding she be expelled over her violent racist outburst.
Sophia Rosing, 22, was visibly drunk when she stumbled into the dormitories on the campus in Lexington, Kentucky, before pouncing on fellow student Kylah Spring, who worked the front desk.
Now other students at the university are calling for the biology major to be kicked out of the facility and for the president, Eli Capilouti, to do more.
Several students have criticized Capilouti for testifying about the incident and have called for stricter measures.
When asked by whether Rosing would be suspended, the university declined to comment as the disciplinary investigation is ongoing.
Bragging to fellow students a year before the heinous racist incident, Rosing said: “I’m damn rich and you obviously aren’t.”
But can reveal that she grew up with her parents and siblings in a three-bedroom, two-bathroom family home in Fort Mitchell.
Sophia Rosing, 22, was visibly drunk when she stumbled into the dormitories on the campus in Lexington, Kentucky, before pouncing on fellow student Kylah Spring, who worked the front desk
can reveal that she grew up with her parents and siblings in a three bedroom, two bathroom family home in Fort Mitchell
When asked by whether Rosing would be suspended, the university declined to comment as the disciplinary investigation is ongoing
Sophia Rosing, 22, was caught on camera physically assaulting two black students at the University of Kentucky and calling a student worker “n ***** b ****”.
Her father, Paul Donald Rosing, works as an IT manager for Messer Construction Co., but relatives of Rosing’s have not yet responded to a request for comment.
Students have said the university’s “blanket statement” is “a start” but are calling for “real action” to be taken.
University police took Rosing into custody just before 4 a.m. Sunday on charges of drunk driving in a public place, third-degree assault on a police officer, fourth-degree assault and second-degree disorderly conduct.
Video posted online showed Rosing barely able to stand as she tried to hit fellow student Kylan Spring, who worked at the front desk of an on-campus dorm.
Rosing, who is white, soon calls Spring a ‘n***** b***’ when Spring tried to restrain her.
“Could you please stop?” Spring asks Rosing after she manages to escape from Spring’s grasp.
“Nope,” Rosing replies simply before Spring tries to grab her again.
Rosing then continues to repeat the racial slur, prompting Spring to say, “Ooh Jesus, I’m not getting paid enough for this.”
“Exactly and you’re a ***** and you’re a b****,” Rosing replies several times before an off-screen voice tells Spring, “I’ve got it all on video.”
Other students at the university are calling for the pictured biology major to be kicked out of the facility and are urging the president, Eli Capilouti, to do more
Rosing is seen here early Sunday morning wrestling with fellow student Kylan Spring, who worked in reception at an on-campus dorm
As Spring and another black student tried to get Rosing to sit down, Rosing could be seen trying to punch the other victim and kick Spring
A second video appeared to show Spring and another black student attempting to get Rosing to sit in a chair, as Rosing attempted to punch the second black victim and attempted to kick Spring.
It ends with a white male officer finally handcuffing Rosing in the dorm as she continues to repeat the racial slur and struggles to stop.
Rosing is now being held in the Fayette County Detention Center on $10,000 bail.
It’s unclear if she has hired an attorney to speak on her behalf or if she is still a student at the school.
In an Instagram post after the altercation, Spring detailed what she went through.
“I was working a shift tonight where I was assaulted and called ***** and someone said other racial slurs against me,” she began.
According to Spring, the incident began around 1 a.m. when Rosing entered Boyd Hall. She said Rosing “didn’t look like a resident” and so wouldn’t answer the door for her.
Spring said that was when Rosing kicked her in the stomach, tried to run her over with a shopping cart that was parked in the lobby, and bit her friend
In an Instagram post after the altercation, Spring detailed what she went through
When she finally made her way to the lobby, Spring said, she stumbled as she approached the elevators — which she began talking to.
“It’s part of our job that if we see a student who’s very drunk, we have to call an RA to … write a report,” Spring said.
Rosing is being held on $10,000 bail
“So I stick my head out of the desk area and I ask the girl, ‘Are you okay?'” Spring shared, “and she just stared at me and started calling me *****.”
At that point, Spring said she called RA and tried to stop Rosing from entering the elevator because she didn’t have ID to get into the building.
“And so I jumped in, tried to push her aside, and she just kept going, ‘No, you’re an asshole, you’re an asshole, do my chores b****.
“And she kept doing that when I tried to sit her down.”
Spring said that was when Rosing kicked her in the stomach, tried to run her over with a shopping cart that was parked in the lobby, and bit her friend.
In an email to students following the altercation, President Eli Copiluto said Spring “acted with professionalism, restraint and discretion.”
He noted that the school’s Office of Student Conduct has launched an immediate review of the attack and that its Student Success Teams are “reaching out to student victims who have been exposed to this behavior to offer support,” according to NBC News.
“To be clear, we condemn this behavior and under no circumstances will we tolerate it,” he said, promising to update students with more information as it becomes available.
Rosing was previously filmed swearing at another student at a party
She told the student in the video that she’s rich and apparently she’s not
But this is apparently not the first time Rosing has been caught swearing at her classmates.
In another video posted shortly after footage of the attack went viral, Rosing could be seen telling someone off-camera at a party, “I’m bloody rich and you’re obviously not being compared to what you were.
“And I can finish you off and there’s nothing you can do about it, especially since you don’t know my last name. But I know damn well who you are.”
It’s unclear if Rosing was suspended from the school over her assault, as a school spokesman simply said officials “are not speaking to disciplinary procedures for students while they are in progress.”