The 2015 graduate filed her grievances against Fennelly, Iowa State, and the state of Iowa on Friday.
In an absolutely scathing lawsuit, former Iowa State Women’s Basketball player Nikki Moody, who graduated in 2015, alleges she was racially discriminated against by current head coach Bill Fennelly. The lawsuit, submitted Friday in Iowa District Court and first reported on Monday by Luke Meredith and Ryan Foley of the Associated Press, includes dozens of grievances. Moody suggests she was called a "thug" numerous times in her four years at Iowa State. Moody states she was not given permission to attend her uncle’s funeral, but Jadda Buckley, a white member of the team was, "allowed to attend the funeral of an unrelated neighbor.