Los Angeles Sparks forward Dearica Hamby filed a gender discrimination complaint last week with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the WNBA and her former team, the Las Vegas Aces, according to the Washington Post and ESPN.
Hamby, whom the Aces traded in January to the Sparks, alleges that Las Vegas and coach Becky Hammon retaliated against her after she informed them of her pregnancy, creating an “abusive and hostile” work environment. Hamby also alleges that Hammon asked Hamby if she had planned her pregnancy, adding, per the Post, that Hammon told Hamby she was “not holding up (her) end of the bargain” after signing a two-year extension last year.
The reported complaint comes more than four months after the WNBA completed an investigation into allegations that Hamby had been discriminated against by the Aces and Hammon. Hamby, in a January Instagram post, said she felt “traumatized” by “disgusting comments” she says were made to her by her former employer.
In mid-May, the WNBA announced that it had suspended Hammon for two games without pay for violating league and team respect in the workplace policies. It also rescinded the Aces’ 2025 first-round draft pick for violating league rules regarding impermissible player benefits, saying that the…
