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Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon spoke out against allegations that former player Dearica Hamby made against her and the organization on Sunday night.
Hammon addressed the lawsuit shortly after the Aces’ 87-71 win over the Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday at Michelob Ultra Arena — which marked the first time Hamby, who plays for the Sparks, took on her former team since filing her lawsuit against the Aces and the WNBA. The allegations of bullying, Hammon insisted, aren’t true.
“It just didn’t happen … the bullying,” Hammon said, via The Athletic. “I spoke with her every day. If she wanted to practice, she practiced. If she didn’t, she didn’t. Over-the-top care, actually.”
Dearica Hamby’s lawsuit against Aces, WNBA
Hamby filed a civil rights lawsuit against the league and the Aces earlier this month, claiming that both organizations discriminated and retaliated against her during her time with the franchise in 2022.
Hamby first filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last fall and claimed the Aces and Hammon traded her because she was pregnant. Hamby announced her pregnancy in September 2022, and she was then traded to the Sparks in January 2023.
Among other things, Hamby said in her lawsuit that Hammon asked her if she planned to get pregnant and then told her that she didn’t take proper precautions to avoid being pregnant. She also claimed that she asked Hammon twice if she was being traded because she was pregnant, and she said that Hammon replied, “What do you want me to do?”
Hamby said she discovered she was pregnant with her second child three weeks after signing her new contract with the Aces. After she announced her pregnancy, she said the Aces started being evasive about tuition payments for private school costs for her first child, which was included in her deal, and that she was told to vacate team housing.
Hamby’s initial claims led to multiple investigations. Hammon was suspended for two games as a result, and the Aces had to forfeit a 2025 draft pick. Hamby’s lawsuit said the WNBA did nothing to rectify the harm against Hamby, and that it…
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Publish date : 2024-08-19 03:32:34
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