After a long trial, the 23-year-old animal rights activist returned to the Sonoma County Courthouse in Northern California to learn her fate and be sentenced for her role in the headline-making rescue of 4 chickens from a Perdue-owned slaughterhouse. UnchainedTV is live at the courthouse. Rosenberg spoke passionately before entering court where an extremely long sentencing hearing resulted in the judge giving her at least 30 days behind bars, with the possibility of 60 more days under house arrest or some other jail alternative if that option if approved by law enforcement. She has to turn herself in on December 10th. After leaving court, Rosenberg spoke out defiantly promising to continue her activism and urging others to continue to rescue factory farmed animals. Hundreds of supporters from Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) and other advocacy groups gathered to show support for her as a person and her crusade to expose the cruelties of industrialized animal agriculture, conditions her supporters argue the jury was not allowed to see for themselves.

Watch as we also bring you the post-sentencing news conference LIVE with notable speakers, including Farm Sanctuary President Gene Baur, Animal Equality President Sharon Núñez and others.

On October 29th, 2025 the jury found Rosenberg guilty of felony conspiracy and three misdemeanors. Prosecutors wanted a 180-day jail sentence. That’s 6 months. Her supporters argued that putting a medically vulnerable activist behind bars is not only unjust, it’s dangerous. Rosenberg has complex medical needs, suffering from lifelong Type 1 diabetes and gastroparesis, a chronic digestive condition that has previously required hospitalization. She wore a feeding tube throughout the trial.

Judge Kenneth Gnoss decided on 30 days behind bars with an additional 60 days of house arrest.. The sentence is well below the 180 days the prosecution wanted and well below the maximum 4.5-year sentence. Still, any time behind bars raises serious concerns for her health. Prosecutors have claimed she would receive appropriate treatment in custody, including access to medical staff and coordination with her physician. But supporters say jail time could be life-threatening.

Rosenberg’s arrest and prosecution have gained national media attention and high-profile support. Oscar-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix called the prosecution a “moral failure,” urging Sonoma County officials to investigate the detailed allegations of animal cruelty at the Perdue-owned slaughterhouse—not the people who attempt to stop it. Rosenberg says she and DxE repeatedly urged law enforcement to investigate what she called “criminal animal cruelty” at the slaughterhouse, offering evidence, only to see authorities do nothing. The four chickens Rosenberg rescued—later named Poppy, Ivy, Aster, and Azalea—were taken to safety at a sanctuary and have become symbols of the movement championing the “open rescue” of animals due to the conditions they endure in massive factory farms and slaughterhouses. Perdue denies the cruelty allegations, insisting they operate within the law. The company is invited on any time to comment.

UnchainedTV has reported LIVE on every day of the trial, from start to finish. Now, the network is back for the most crucial day of all with an expert panel led by UnchainedTV host Jane Velez-Mitchell, with attorney Justine Block, Action Hour host Lindsey Baker, The Save Movement’s Paige Parsons Roache, former law enforcement investigator Tiffany Brunelli, Animal Alliance Network’s Ellen Dent and reporter Matthew Zirbel at the courthouse.