PLANTATION (CBSMiami/AP) — The Wade family is going to bat for a South Florida youth basketball player.
Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union are backing attorney Benjamin Crump in an effort to help an expelled student and family friend get back into high school.
Wade and Union released a statement Thursday supporting senior Cyrus Nance, who was a basketball player in his first year at American Heritage High until he was expelled last month after a verbal altercation with a coach of another team at the school.
Crump says “every fact in this case points to discrimination.