CINCINNATI — A defendant in last year’s Downtown Cincinnati brawl pleaded guilty on Thursday, Oct. 29, before a third day of testimony began in his trial, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. Patrick Rosemond, 39, pleaded guilty in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court to charges of felonious assault, misdemeanor assault and aggravated rioting.
Sentencing is set for Dec. 9 before Judge Virginia Tallent, and Rosemond faces up to 31 and a half years in prison, according to the Enquirer. The plea he entered on Oct. 29 does not include a recommended sentence.
Testimony in the trial began Oct. 27, the Enquirer reported. A total of four witnesses testified about being attacked around 3 a.m. on July 26, 2025, near Fourth and Elm streets. One woman testified that she suffered a traumatic brain injury that has impacted her memories from before that night, including memories of her children, according to the Enquirer’s reporting.
During the trial, prosecutors played video that they said showed Rosemond striking the woman in the face, knocking her unconscious, the Enquirer reported. Video also appeared to show Rosemond attacking a man who had been shoved to the street, stomping on him and kicking him, and a detective testified about video that showed Rosemond celebrating afterwards.
Prosecutors said Rosemond did not start the brawl but instead injected himself into it, according to the Enquirer. The videos of the incident were taken from surveillance cameras and from people who captured parts of it on their cellphones and posted videos on Facebook.
Rosemond is now the sixth person to plead guilty in connection with the brawl, the Enquirer reported. Seven people were charged with felonies. The seventh defendant, Dominique Kittle, has been deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial, according to the Enquirer.
The guilty plea came a day after Rosemond turned down a plea deal on Oct. 28, after Tallent told him she likely would not follow a recommended four-year prison sentence that was part of that agreement, the Enquirer reported. What happens next is the Dec. 9 sentencing, where Tallent will set the prison term within the maximum Rosemond now faces.
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