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The Nebraska Cornhuskers women’s basketball program is currently in a great spot on the court.
The Huskers have won three of their last four games, including an upset of No. 2 Iowa that may well have clinched a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
But off the court, things are a bit more tumultuous. Former Nebraska player Ashley Scoggin is currently suing the university, alleging that she was groomed to have a sexual relationship with an assistant coach and then was kicked off the team after their relationship was uncovered.
Scoggin played for the Huskers from 2020-22. She says that former Nebraska assistant coach Chuck Love groomed her for sex by asking by inviting Scoggin out for drinks and messaging her late in the night while she was working an academic internship within the athletic department. Love then allegedly attempted to kiss Scoggin after asking her if she had “ever done anything with a coach before?”
The two then began a sexual relationship. Scoggin claims in the suit that she was afraid to report Love out of fear of Williams’ retaliation.
Scoggin was then kicked off the team after the relationship was discovered. Love resigned following a lengthy suspension.
Scoggin claims that she lost her housing following the incident. She also lost access to physical therapy that she had been receiving as a member of the basketball team. Then when she began work on transferring to another program, she discovered that access to her game film had been disabled.
The lawsuit lists Love, head coach Amy Williams, athletic director Trev Alberts and the Nebraska school of regents as defendants.
Scoggin seeks unspecified damages in the civil suit.
She claims that Nebraska practice players created a scheme to confirm and record Scoggin’s presence in Love’s hotel room prior to a game against Penn State on Feb. 17, 2022.
“This ruse included a practice player falsely representing himself as Love to a (hotel) desk clerk in order to obtain Love’s room key,” the lawsuit claims. “It ended in two team members confronting Ashley in Love’s room. They reported their findings and showed their video recording to Williams.”
Scoggin eventually transferred to UNLV prior to the 2022-23 season. She’s started 21 of 24 games for the Runnin’ Rebels in 2023-24, averaging 7.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.