Former University of Oklahoma volleyball player sues over exclusion from team because of political viewshttps://www.foxnews.com/sports/former-university-oklahoma-volleyball-player-sues-political-viewsKylee McLaughlin, a former volleyball player at the University of Oklahoma, is suing her coaches and the school after she alleged that she was stigmatized as a racist and eventually forbidden from the rest of the team due to her conservative political views.
McLaughlin is suing volleyball coach Lindsey Gray-Walton, as well as assistant coach Kyle Walton, according to The Oklahoman. She’s expected to sue for a minimum of $75,000 for each of the five complaints, one of which is an infringement on her First Amendment rights, per the report.
The newspaper reported that the case is currently pending in Oklahoma City federal court.
McLaughlin claims that she was "frozen out" of the Oklahoma volleyball program last summer because her beliefs weren’t the same as her teammates and coaches. For the 2020-21 season, McLaughlin says that she was forced into taking a redshirt year, which led to her transferring out to the University of Mississippi for her final year of eligibility as a student-athlete.
Since professional volleyball is a thing, she may have experienced actual economic damages, both in the delay necessary to transfer universities and damage to her reputation.
