Alaina Kunes Case: Latest News, Timeline and Updates
Where the case stands
An Ole Miss freshman who apologized for making racist gestures outside three Black students' apartment says she and her family have since received death threats, including a voicemail threatening to hang her. No one has been criminally charged in either the video or the threats.
What happens next: No hearing date, charging decision, or university disciplinary outcome has been made public. Ole Miss has said its conduct investigation is continuing under federal privacy law, and no law enforcement agency has announced an investigation into the threats against the Kunes family or confirmed whether the voicemail obtained by TMZ has been referred for prosecution.
People in this case
- Alaina Kunes — subject
- Tasha Bolton — mother of the student whose Ring camera recorded the incident
- Shawnboda Mead — Ole Miss Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, official
Timeline
- Kunes Family Says They've Received Death Threats Over Viral Video
An Ole Miss freshman who apologized for making racist gestures outside three Black students' apartment says she and her family have since received death threats, including a voicemail threatening to hang her. No one has been criminally charged in either the video or the threats.
- Ole Miss Student's Family Dealership Ties Surface Amid Apology
Alaina Kunes, 18, apologized and withdrew from Ole Miss after a doorbell video caught her making racist gestures outside three Black students' apartment. Reporters have since traced her family to Kunes Auto Group, a Midwest dealership chain already facing a discrimination lawsuit — though the company says she has no role there.
- Ole Miss Student Alaina Kunes Withdraws After Racist Video
An Ole Miss freshman caught on a Ring camera making ape noises outside the apartment of three Black classmates has apologized through lawyers and withdrawn from school. No criminal charges have followed, and the women she targeted say an apology and a withdrawal aren't the same as being held accountable.
- Ole Miss Student Quits After Viral Racist Ring-camera Video
Alaina Kunes, 18, has withdrawn from the University of Mississippi days after a Ring doorbell video showing her making racist gestures and ape noises outside the apartment of three Black students went viral.
- Ole Miss Student Alaina Kunes Withdraws After Racist Monkey-noise Video Outside Black Students' Door
An Ole Miss freshman has quit the university days after a Ring doorbell video showing her making ape sounds and gestures outside three Black students' apartment went viral. She says she's sorry; the family that caught it on camera says an apology isn't an answer.