Dearica Hamby has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the WNBA and the Las Vegas Aces, alleging the two organizations unlawfully discriminated and retaliated against her. Hamby was traded by the Aces in 2022, soon after announcing she was pregnant with her second child.
Dearica Hamby has officially filed a federal lawsuit against the Las Vegas Aces and the WNBA, detailing the repeated acts of intimidation, discrimination, and retaliation that culminated in January 2023 with the Aces trading Hamby because the star forward was pregnant.
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The lawsuit, which was filed Monday, alleges the WNBA, the Aces and Hammon violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which, among other things, protects employees from discrimination based on sex.