WNBA star Dearica Hamby files lawsuit against league and former team over alleged treatment while pregnant

Three-time WNBA all-star Dearica Hamby filed an discrimination and unlawful retaliation lawsuit Monday against the league and her former team, the Las Vegas Aces, accusing the team of treating her unfairly because she was pregnant, according to a public relations firm hired by her attorneys.

Three-time WNBA all-star Dearica Hamby filed a discrimination and unlawful retaliation lawsuit Monday against the league and her former team, the Las Vegas Aces, accusing the team of treating her unfairly because she was pregnant, according to a public relations firm hired by her attorneys. The federal lawsuit comes after Hamby was subjected to “repeated acts of intimidation, discrimination, and retaliation that culminated in January 2023 with the Aces trading Hamby (to the Los Angeles Sparks) because the star forward was pregnant,” the firm said in a release. The lawsuit seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages. The WNBA “took no steps to correct or address a clear-cut violation” of Hamby’s “rights under federal and state anti-discrimination law,” the lawsuit, filed in district court in Nevada, says. The WNBA is “aware of today’s legal filing” and officials are “reviewing the complaint,” a WNBA spokesperson said. The team, which moved to Las Vegas from San Antonio in 2018 after being sold, has not replied to CNN’s request for comment.