A University of Kentucky student is facing multiple assault charges after he repeatedly hurled black students on campus Sunday, according to a university police report.
Sophia Rosing, a 22-year-old student who is white, was charged with public intoxication, fourth-degree assault without apparent injury, second-degree disorderly conduct and third-degree assault on a police or suspended officer, according to Kimberly Baird, the Commonwealth’s Attorney of Fayette County.
A University of Kentucky police officer responded early Sunday morning to a dormitory after reports of an unknown woman “assaulting staff members,” a campus police report shows.
When the officer arrived, they arrested a “highly intoxicated” woman who was repeating a racial slur to a group of black women, the report says.
The woman told police she “has a lot of money and takes[s] special treatment,” the police report said. When told to sit comfortably in a chair, the woman kicked the arresting officer and bit their hand, the police report said.
The report identifies the woman as “unknown” because she had no identification and repeatedly refused to identify herself.
Sally Woodson, the executive communications specialist for the University of Kentucky, confirmed to CNN that the police report is about Rosing.
Rosing was originally booked as a Jane Doe in Kentucky Department of Corrections records, Byrd said.
As of Monday afternoon, Rosing was in custody and her bail was set at $10,000, Baird said. Rosing appeared in court Monday and pleaded not guilty, according to CNN affiliate WLEX.
CNN has reached out to Rosing’s attorney for comment.
In a message to the campus community, University of Kentucky President Eli Capiluto said the incident took place in one of the dormitories and one of the victims was a student working an overnight shift at the front desk. University staff are conducting an investigation and reaching out to victims, Capiluto said.
“To be clear: we condemn this behavior and will not tolerate it under any circumstances. The safety and well-being of our community has been – and will continue to be – our top priority,” said Capilouto.
Capilouto said he had reviewed the video that appears to show the attack, which was posted online Sunday, and condemned the student’s behavior.
“The video images I have seen do not honor our responsibilities to each other. They reflect violence, which is never acceptable, and a denial of the humanity of our community members. They do not reflect political discourse. It is deeply antithetical to who we are and what we always want to be as a community,” the university president said.
CNN independently obtained the video. Woodson, the university spokesman, confirmed that the woman in the video is Rosing and shows Sunday’s incident.
CNN has made efforts to reach the female victim in the video.
The video shows an intoxicated Rosing repeatedly saying racial slurs and repeatedly trying to hit a black woman, who tries to restrain her.