{"id":5730,"date":"2023-01-08T20:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/former-virginia-tech-soccer-player-kirsten-hennig-wins-100000-after-refusing-blm-kneeling\/"},"modified":"2023-01-08T20:43:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T20:43:00","slug":"former-virginia-tech-soccer-player-kirsten-hennig-wins-100000-after-refusing-blm-kneeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/former-virginia-tech-soccer-player-kirsten-hennig-wins-100000-after-refusing-blm-kneeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Virginia Tech soccer player Kirsten Hennig wins $100,000 after refusing BLM kneeling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>A former Virginia Tech soccer player accused her coach of benching her when she refused to kneel during a pregame social justice demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Roanoke Times, Kirsten Hennig is receiving money after agreeing to dismiss a federal lawsuit he filed against head coach Charles &#8220;Chugger&#8221; Adair in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The settlement does not include any admission of wrongdoing by Henning or her former coach, her attorney Cameron Norris told the outlet. <\/p>\n<p>Hennig claimed Adair was benched after he became frustrated with her political views, which often differed from those of her teammates. <\/p>\n<p>Henning explicitly refused to kneel during a social justice demonstration in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kriersten-hening-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Former Virginia Tech soccer player Kisten Hennig\" class=\"wp-image-25285519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kriersten-hening-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kriersten-hening-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kriersten-hening-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Former Virginia Tech soccer player Kisten Henning receives $100,000 in lawsuit settlement after accusing her coach of benching her for not attending a social justice demonstration.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">virginia tech athletics<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the lawsuit, Henning said he &#8220;supports social justice and believes black lives matter&#8221; but that he &#8220;does not support the organization BLM&#8221; and that it &#8220;does not fund the police.&#8221; &#8220;The tactics and core tenets of its mission statement, including stopping it,&#8221; he quoted.<\/p>\n<p>Her coach &#8220;verbally attacked&#8221; her during halftime after Hennig chose to kneel during the recitation of the &#8220;Unity Statement&#8221; before the Sept. 12, 2020 game against the University of Virginia. said. <\/p>\n<p>Adair punched Hennig, benched her, and two games later quit the team en masse, saying in a lawsuit that she had been kicked out for her coach&#8217;s &#8220;campaign of abuse and retaliation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kriersten-hening-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"henning playing soccer\" class=\"wp-image-25285518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kriersten-hening-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kriersten-hening-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kriersten-hening-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Hennig has agreed to dismiss the 2021 lawsuit against head coach Charles Adair.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">virginia tech athletics<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On December 2, federal judge Thomas Cullen denied a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, agreeing that Henning&#8217;s time on the field had decreased after the incident. Her coach chose not to kneel. Two other players who did have claimed they were not facing reduced playing time. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ultimately, Adair may convince jurors that this coaching decision was based solely on Hennig&#8217;s poor play during UVA&#8217;s game, but the court decided that the light in Hennig&#8217;s favor would be the most favorable. Seeing the evidence in, you can&#8217;t come to that conclusion as a matter of law. Karen ruled.<\/p>\n<p>On January 4th, Adair released the following statement on Twitter:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kriersten-hening-4.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"henning playing soccer\" class=\"wp-image-25285520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kriersten-hening-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kriersten-hening-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/kriersten-hening-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Hennig chose not to kneel during the reading of the &#8220;Unity Statement&#8221; before the Sept. 12, 2020 game against the University of Virginia.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">virginia tech athletics<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, this ordeal has been about disappointment and disagreement regarding playing time. rice field.<\/p>\n<p>A payment of $100,000 to Hening was not mentioned in the tweet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMibWh0dHBzOi8vbnlwb3N0LmNvbS8yMDIzLzAxLzA4L2tpZXJzdGVuLWhlbmluZy1leC12aXJnaW5pYS10ZWNoLXNvY2Nlci1wbGF5ZXItd2hvLXJlZnVzZWQtYmxtLWtuZWVsLWdldHMtMTAway_SAXFodHRwczovL255cG9zdC5jb20vMjAyMy8wMS8wOC9raWVyc3Rlbi1oZW5pbmctZXgtdmlyZ2luaWEtdGVjaC1zb2NjZXItcGxheWVyLXdoby1yZWZ1c2VkLWJsbS1rbmVlbC1nZXRzLTEwMGsvYW1wLw?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A former Virginia Tech soccer player accused her coach of benching her when she refused to kneel during a pregame social justice demonstration. 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