Ex-Nebraska basketball player files lawsuit against school over relationship with former coach

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.

Ashley Scoggin, a former Nebraska Cornhuskers women’s basketball player, accused the head coach of the team and the athletic director of failing to enact safeguards, rules or training to prevent staff members from having sexual relationships with student-athletes.

Scoggin made the accusations in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court on Sunday against head coach Amy Williams and athletic director Trev Alberts. The lawsuit detailed how then-associate head coach Chuck Love allegedly took interest in the then-Cornhuskers player as the relationship turned sexual. Scoggin says in the suit it caused her to fear retaliation if she did not engage in it.

University of Nebraska spokesperson Melissa Lee said the school was made aware of the lawsuit on Monday.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Nebraska's Ashley Scoggin, #0, plays against Michigan during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, in Lincoln, Nebraska. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz, File)

"While the University does not comment on the specifics of pending litigation, it does not agree with the allegations contained in the complaint and intends to vigorously defend this matter," Lee said.

Williams declined to comment to the AP, and Alberts and Love did not respond.

Scoggin played for Nebraska during the 2020-21 and 2021–22 seasons before she was eventually dismissed from the team in February 2022. She now plays at UNLV. She was dismissed from the team the same day Love was suspended with pay. He resigned three months later.

The lawsuit named Love, Williams, Albert and the school's Board of Regents as defendants.

Williams is still