Former College Soccer Player Says In Lawsuit She Was Forced Off Team For Not Taking A Knee

Kiersten Hening, a former Virginia Tech University soccer player, has filed suit against her ex-coach for allegedly benching her because she wouldn’t take a knee during a pre-game reading of an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) unity pledge.

Hening filed the federal lawsuit against Charles “Chugger” Adair on March 3, claiming that “because she refused to kneel, he benched her, subjected her to repeated verbal abuse, and forced her off the team.”