Iowa State reaches settlement with Moody
Michaela Ramm/Iowa State Daily
Head women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly wipes a tear during a press conference April 29 after Nikki Moody, a former ISU basketball player, filed a lawsuit against him for racial discrimination.
June 1, 2017
The lawsuit from former Iowa State women’s basketball player Nikki Moody against Iowa State University has been settled.
Moody, who played for Iowa State from 2011-2015, accused Iowa State University and women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly of discrimination in a 2016 lawsuit. The trial had originally been scheduled for September 2017.
Fennelly was dismissed from the lawsuit in April 2017.
The settlement is for $60,000. Moody will receive $35,619.13, according to the settlement agreement release.
Per the agreement, there is no admission of liability for the Defendants.
“This agreement is not, and shall not in any way be construed as an admission by any Defendants that it engaged in any acts of discrimination, harassment, and/or retaliation against Plaintiff or that it violated any federal, state or local law,” the settlement said.
