The attorney for former Virginia Tech soccer player Kiersten Hening said she will receive a $100,000 settlement after she alleged she was punished for refusing to kneel during the reading of a statement in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
In 2021, Hening filed a lawsuit against Virginia Tech Women’s Soccer head coach Charles “Chugger” Adair, alleging he benched her after she refused to kneel before the team’s 2020 season opener against the University of Virginia. Hening’s attorney, Cameron Norris, told the Roanoke Times that the parties reached a settlement in an agreement for Hening to drop the federal lawsuit over Adair’s alleged violation of her First Amendment free speech rights….