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Former Virginia Tech soccer player Kiersten Hening has filed a federal lawsuit against Hokies coach Charles “Chugger†Adair, claiming the coach benched her and “subjected her to verbal abuse†and ultimately forced her off the women’s soccer team because she refused to kneel before soccer matches.According to the lawsuit first reported by the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Hening, a junior out of Midlothian, Va., was a “talented defender†who started her freshman and sophomore seasons and played the third-most minutes on the team in 2019. As she began her junior season in 2020, the suit alleges, Hening had the most minutes played on the roster and she was even selected to talk to the media before the season began.The lawsuit alleges that on September 1, 2020, a student-athlete advisory committee discussed proposals for student-athletes to wear BLM COVID masks, BLM wristbands, armbands and BLM shirts during warmups. The soccer team discussed the proposal and “most†players supported the idea. Hening claims Adair supported the proposals and went even further with an idea to replace “Hokies†on the back of the team uniform with the names of alleged victims of police misconduct. ...
