Lawyer: Ex-student charged in body fluids case isn’t racist
HARTFORD, Conn. — The lawyer for a former Connecticut college student accused of smearing body fluids on her roommate’s belongings said Tuesday that he doesn’t expect authorities to file hate crime charges.
Attorney Tom Stevens’ comments came after former University of Hartford student Brianna Brochu appeared before a state judge in Hartford. The 18-year-old Harwinton resident is charged with misdemeanour criminal mischief and breach of peace.
Brochu, who is white, wrote on Instagram about rubbing used tampons on her black roommate’s backpack and putting her roommate’s toothbrush “where the sun doesn’t shine,” according to West Hartford police. She also called her roommate “Jamaican Barbie,” and wrote that she put mouldy clam dip in her roommate’s lotions and spit in her coconut oil.
The roommate, Chennel Rowe, said she developed severe throat pain.