Los Angeles Sparks forward Dearica Hamby filed a federal lawsuit against the WNBA and the Las Vegas Aces alleging discrimination and retaliation over a pregnancy.
Los Angeles Sparks forward Dearica Hamby filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the WNBA and the Las Vegas Aces alleging her former team and head coach Becky Hammon withheld agreed-upon benefits and questioned her commitment to the team after learning Hamby was pregnant.Hamby, a multiple-time all-star who won a championship with the Aces in 2022, signed a multi-year contract extension with the team that June.
The suit also details a phone conversation in January 2023 in which, it alleges, Hammon called her a 'question mark,' accused her of signing her contract knowing she was pregnant and telling her she hadn't held up her end of the bargain.The day of the alleged phone call, Hamby wrote in a social media post, 'Imagine expressing your fears as a woman and being pregnant in this profession/world…. Then to be reassured that you were supported.. and your back was 'had'….
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