Sparks forward Dearica Hamby filed a federal lawsuit against the WNBA and her former team, the Aces, alleging unlawful retaliation from the Aces after she revealed she was pregnant.
Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women's college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.Hamby alleges that she was subject to repeated acts of intimidation, discrimination and retaliation from the Aces, leading to her January 2023 trade to the Sparks. Hamby also alleges the WNBA failed to"properly investigate" the issue.
The league at that time also rescinded the Aces' first-round draft pick in 2025 for a different violation, this one regarding impermissible player benefits involving Hamby. An attorney for Hamby told ESPN on Monday,"The EEOC issued the document at our client's request because we wanted to move forward with litigation. The EEOC did not make any finding regarding the facts; to permit a full-scale investigation might have entailed another year or two of delay."
Hamby re-signed with Las Vegas in June 2022 during the season. In the lawsuit, she said along with the two-year contract extension, the Aces offered her a series of enticements, including use of team-provided housing and an offer to cover the private school tuition costs for Hamby's daughter, Amaya. One of the players the Aces signed for in 2023, when they repeated as champions, was longtime WNBA star Candace Parker.
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