According to a court document obtained by Heavy.com, Brochu told police she “began to lash out due to a ‘hostile environment’” caused by Rowe’s “rude behavior.”
She accused Rowe of “not compromising, and posting Snapchat videos of me sleeping and making fun of me snoring.” Brochu also said she’d been trying to get a room change since early October, but had been unsuccessful.
Brochu was charged with criminal mischief and breach of peace on Saturday, but an additional charge of intimidation based on bigotry or bias ― a hate crime charge ― was added on Wednesday.
She was expelled from the university the same day, according to the New York Times.
“She will not be returning to the institution,” the school’s president, Gregory S. Woodward, told the Times.
Brochu had been attending the school on a four-year, $20,000-per-year art scholarship, according to Heavy.com.
Rowe believes Brochu’s actions were racially motivated, especially since her former dormmate called her “Jamaican Barbie.”
“Rubbing bloody tampons on my things, ... she posted pictures of my Steve Madden bag that I had been sleeping next to the whole time on my bed with blood stains on it,” Rowe told local station WTIC TV.
Rowe also discussed the ordeal in a Facebook live post on Monday and said she had been feeling sick lately, but wasn’t sure why.
“It started with throat pain. I thought maybe because it’s colder up here, I’m just probably catching a cold,” she said in the video.
She added, “The sore throat pain got worse and it was just throat pain. And this was happening for about a month. It got to the point where I had extreme throat pain where I couldn’t sleep, to the point where I couldn’t speak. Like I’d try to whisper, and I could barely whisper.”
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