Posted on 01/09/2023 12:07:01 PM PST by Navy Patriot
A former Virginia Tech soccer player will receive $100,000 as part of a settlement after she accused her coach of refusing to play her because she would not kneel during a social-justice demonstration, The Roanoke Times reported.
Kiersten Hening filed a federal lawsuit in 2021 against her former coach, Charles "Chugger" Adair, claiming that her First Amendment rights were violated. She agreed to dismiss the suit as part of the settlement, which does not include any admission of wrongdoing on the part of Hening or Adair.
Hening claimed that Adair "verbally attacked" her at halftime of a game on Sept. 12, 2020, after she did not kneel while a "unity statement" was read before the game. She also said that she quit the team two games later and accused the coach of carrying out a "campaign of abuse and retaliation."
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What a punk this guy Chugger must be.
If she’s a STEM student, I wouldn’t recommend Patrick Henry. They do not offer any degrees in STEM subjects.
Let’s just say I have been locked down for shootings quite a bit
I didn’t figger she would even get money out of it. Usually an administrative verbal reprimand is about all that comes out of these or even less.
Good for her for standing her ground. She knows it wasn’t about the $$$.
Should have been about 10,000,000 plus chugger being fired…
She let them off too easy.
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