OXFORD, MS. (THECOUNT) — A fundraiser has been launched for Lauren Mayfield, identified as one of the University of Mississippi students in a viral Ring camera video showing women making monkey-like noises and gestures outside an apartment occupied by Black students in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi.
The GiveSendGo campaign, titled “Stand with Lauren,” was created by Tom Hennessey. The fundraiser says donations are intended to help Mayfield cover potential lost income or opportunities amid the public backlash surrounding the video.
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Hennessey argues that Mayfield did not break the law and should not be pressured to issue an apology. In the campaign description, he characterizes the incident as making noises in a public walkway and says the donations are intended to help her avoid what he calls having to “bend the knee.”
Hennessey also says he reserves the right to cancel the fundraiser if Mayfield publicly apologizes or disavows his support.
Via GiveSendGo:
Stand with Lauren
Lauren Mayfield is one of the Ole Miss girls caught on a Ring camera outside of an apartment. While they were walking alone she and the others allegedly made monkey noises and gestures. The university has opened an investigation and called the behavior “deeply troubling, hurtful, and unacceptable.” One of the others, Alaina Kunes, has already issued the standard groveling apology (“I was unaware of their race… I pray they will forgive me”).
Lauren has not.
She did nothing wrong. She did not assault anyone. She did not break any law. She made noises in a public walkway. The rest is a campus bureaucracy and online mob treating a juvenile stunt as a hate crime because the residents were black. The same institutions that excuse actual violence, riots, and anti-White rhetoric when the identities flip are now treating this as grounds for expulsion, doxxing, death threats, and career destruction.
This is the pattern. Notice something ordinary or make a crude joke, get identified, then the full apparatus activates: university investigation, kosher media framing as “racist incident,” pressure to apologize and self-flagellate, and professional/social ruin if you refuse. Lauren has so far refused. That is the only reason this matters.
The fundraiser is to cover lost income or opportunities, and anything else required so she does not have to fold. No apologies. No “I didn’t know.” No bending the knee. Donate so the next girl (or guy) who gets the same treatment has a reason not to issue the scripted statement.
I reserve the right to cancel this fundraiser if Lauren disavows our support and bends the knee.
It has not been established whether Mayfield is involved in the campaign or whether she will receive any of the money raised. Hennessey is identified as the fundraiser’s organizer.
TMZ reported Wednesday that the campaign had raised more than $15,000 toward a $20,000 goal. However, the GiveSendGo page displayed a different fundraising total and goal when reviewed, making the amount raised unclear.
Video Prompted University Investigation
The fundraiser follows the circulation of doorbell-camera footage recorded Nov. 6 outside an off-campus apartment where three Black University of Mississippi students live.
The video shows three women walking past the apartment. Two appear to make monkey-like noises and gestures, while the third does not appear to participate. The footage spread widely online and prompted criticism over the apparent use of a racist trope.
The university said the incident was under investigation and described the behavior as “deeply troubling, hurtful, and unacceptable.” Officials also said they had contacted the students directly affected and offered support.
Alaina Kunes, another student identified in the footage, issued a public apology. She described her actions as insensitive, inappropriate and deeply harmful, while saying she had not known the residents’ race before the incident. Kunes also said she intended to cooperate with the university’s investigation.
Kunes has since withdrawn from Ole Miss, according to reports. The university confirmed she was no longer a student, while her representatives said she voluntarily withdrew.
Mayfield has not publicly addressed the fundraiser in the reports reviewed. The university’s investigation remains ongoing.
The incident occurred outside an off-campus apartment in Oxford, in Lafayette County in north Mississippi. The exact apartment location has not been publicly identified, so a precise Google Maps pin cannot be verified.
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