Lara Lugli has received widespread support.
News 13th Mar 2021 11:14 AM An Italian volleyball player whose former club wants her to pay compensation for becoming pregnant has hit out after being sacked for trying to become a mother. Lara Lugli, 41, revealed on Facebook how her contract with Serie C club Pordenone, based near Udine, was terminated in March 2019 when she became pregnant. She later suffered a miscarriage and did not return to the club. Two years later, Lugli received a summons to appear in court, as the club sought compensation from their former captain for breach of contract. They claimed she had not stated her intention to have children and that her pregnancy had an impact on results and loss of sponsors.
Italian volleyball player Lara Lugli fired, sued after getting pregnant
13 Mar, 2021 03:16 AM
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An Italian volleyball player whose former club wants her to pay compensation for becoming pregnant has hit out after being sacked for trying to become a mother.
Lara Lugli, 41, revealed on Facebook how her contract with Serie C club Pordenone, based near Udine, was terminated in March 2019 when she became pregnant.
She later suffered a miscarriage and did not return to the club. Two years later, Lugli received a summons to appear in court, as the club sought compensation from their former captain for breach of contract.
An Italian volleyball player is being sued by her former club for allegedly breaching her contact after she became pregnant.
Lara Lugli, 41, who played for Volley Pordenone, said she felt as though she had done something illicit and malicious when she was fired by the amateur club in March 2019 after she told club executives she was expecting a baby.
The former player, who was captain of the team, suffered a miscarriage in April and requested the club pay the £2,140 (€2,500) salary owed to her for the month she had played for Pordenone before she found out she was pregnant.
However the club refused to pay the salary and took the case to court, saying Ms Lugli had failed to tell them she had planned to have a baby when she signed for the club, in order to get a better wage.
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