Sophia Rosing, 22, was arrested after the incident, which was captured on video.
facing charges of assaultRosing will not be eligible to re-enroll as a student at the University of Kentucky, the school’s president, Eli Capilouto, said in a statement shared campus-wide on Wednesday.The university initially suspended Rosing, a senior, on an interim basis after a disturbing video of her behavior in a campus residence hall was posted online over the weekend.
Spring, who is Black, can be seen in the video trying to restrain Rosing during the altercation. She asked Rosing to stop more than once. Rosing repeatedly called Spring the N-word. Spring has also accused Rosing of attacking another student during the ordeal. : Ms. Rosing is no longer a student at the University of Kentucky. Within hours of learning about this incident, we suspended her on an interim basis — a move that banned her from campus during our investigation.
Capilouto said in his Wednesday statement that the school is continuing its investigation into the incident. “Further charges could be forthcoming based on these investigations,” he said. “As a community working wholeheartedly to prevent racist violence, we also must be committed to holding people accountable for their actions.”
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