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Eight former Lenoir-Rhyne University basketball players and a team manager filed a lawsuit against the university on Thursday, alleging they were kicked off the womenâs basketball team after speaking out against racism.
The eight former players and manager are seeking $27 million in damages against the university, womenâs basketball coach Grahm Smith and University President Fred Whitt, according to the initial complaint, filed in Mecklenburg County Superior Court.
Problems in the team surfaced in April, when Laney Fox, a former womenâs basketball player for Lenoir-Rhyne, publicly accused the university of dismissing her from the team after speaking out against racism after the police killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Kentucky resident Breonna Taylor last year.
Stand against racism got players kicked off team at L-R University, lawsuit alleges They re seeking $27 million in damages | State & Regional journalnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from journalnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.