Where a former college coach’s complaint alleged that she was terminated after an investigation corroborated complaints from her players, her discrimination, hostile work environment and related claims were dismissed.
Background
Plaintiff Chardonnay Hope brings this case against her former employer, defendant Ferrum College, alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Virginia Human Rights Act, or VHRA. Defendant has filed a motion to dismiss.
Plaintiff’s conclusory allegations cannot withstand the obvious alternative explanation that defendant terminated her, not because she was a woman, but because athletes on her own field hockey team complained of her coaching behavior, which defendant investigated and deemed merited termination.
Student complaints of plaintiff acting “unprofessional” and “hostile” don’t support a plausible inference that defendant discharged plaintiff because of her sex.
Plaintiff’s allegation that these types of “conclusory allegations” have been linked in studies to gender bias in evaluation of female coaches does not change this.
Plaintiff alleges both that the field hockey team complained about her coaching and that defendant accepted those complaints and terminated her, because of her sex, but those allegations are just conclusory and speculative. “The mere fact that a certain action is potentially consistent with discrimination does not alone support a reasonable inference that the action was...
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