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Ex-University of Kentucky student sent to jail for shouting N-word 200 times in viral video is denied early release
Former University of Kentucky co-ed Sophia Rosing wanted to be release early from her racist assault charges, claiming she’s grown up since her viral video rant.
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Ex-University of Kentucky student sent to jail for shouting N-word 200 times in viral video is denied early release
By
Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
Published March 16, 2025, 5:01 p.m. ET
A former University of Kentucky co-ed whose drunken racist rant went viral is staying behind bars.
Sophia Rosing, 24, who was hit with a one-year sentence last year after shouting the N-word more than 200 times during a series of drunken racial assaults, has been denied early release, according to a report by the Courier-Journal newspaper.
Rosing’s lawyer filed a “shock probation” request last month, claiming his troubled client had changed her ways and “dedicated herself to personal growth and accountability” but was suffering from “tremendous personal and professional consequences” for her behavior, the outlet said.
4 Sophia Rosing’s shocking racist rant and assault at the University of Kentucky in November 2022 went viral.
4 Sophia Rosing, 24, pleaded guilty to assault in October and got a one-year sentence. She’s been denied early release. Fayette County Detention Center
The judge nixed it Wednesday, saying it would “unduly depreciate the seriousness” of the crime.
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Rosing got into hot water on Nov. 6, 2022, during a series of racist assaults that culminated with a caught-on-video attack on Kylah Spring, a 19-year-old black student worker on the Lexington college campus.
“You’re a n—-r and you’re a bitch,” an out-of-control Rosing shouts in the video, during which she tells Spring to “do my chores” and yells, “it’s not my fault that you’re black.”
4 Sophia Rosing was charged with assault for her University of Kentucky racist tirade and pleaded guilty in October.
4 Viral video of Sophia Rosing’s racist rant shows she used the N-word more than 200 times.
Rosing then went off on cops when they showed up, kicking and biting them before being hauled away.
She pleaded guilty to assault charges in October in exchange for a 12-month sentence and 100 hours of community service, along with a $25 fine.
Rosing, who was permanently banned from the university, has been kept separate from other inmates at the jail for fear of retaliation over her racist tirade, according to reports.