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Los Angeles Sparks star Dearica Hamby is taking authorized motion towards the WNBA and the franchise she spent the vast majority of her skilled basketball profession with.
Hamby, who was drafted within the first spherical by the then-San Antonio Stars, submitted documentation to the U.S. District Court of Nevada on Monday. The Stars relocated to Las Vegas for the 2018 season and had been rebranded to the Aces.
The criticism alleges the three-time WNBA All-Star confronted “repeated acts of intimidation, discrimination and retaliation” main as much as and after she was traded to the Sparks in 2023. Hamby was pregnant on the time.
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Dearica Hamby #5 of the Los Angeles Sparks prepares to shoot a free throw towards the New York Liberty on June 20, 2024 in Brooklyn, New York. (Catalina Fragoso/NBAE by way of Getty Images)
The WNBA launched an investigation into Hamby’s discrimination claims in 2023.
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Aces coach Becky Hammon obtained a two-game suspension on account of the probe. The franchise additionally forfeited a primary spherical draft choice. But, Hamby’s attorneys argued the league’s response to the scenario was insufficient.
Dearica Hamby #5 of the Los Angeles Sparks appears to be like on throughout the recreation Storm at Climate Pledge Arena on June 11, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
“The WNBA is, at its core, a workplace, and federal laws have long shielded pregnant women from discrimination on the job. The world champion Aces exiled Dearica Hamby for becoming pregnant and the WNBA responded with a light tap on the wrist,” Dana Sniegocki, Erin Norgaard, and Artur Davis of HKM Employment Attorneys stated in a press release.
Las Vegas Aces’ Dearica Hamby (5) dribbles up court docket throughout a WNBA basketball recreation towards the Phoenix Mercury, on May 6, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb, File)
The legal professionals added that Hamby’s ordeal ought to put different potential moms who’re within the WNBA “on notice.”
“Every potential mother in the league is now on notice that childbirth could change their career prospects overnight. That can’t be right in one of the most prosperous and dynamic women’s professional sports leagues in America.”
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Hamby is a two-time WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year and was a member of the Aces 2022 WNBA championship staff.
Fox News Digital contacted the WNBA and the Aces, however didn’t instantly obtain a response to a request for remark.
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