C Michigan wins ruling in ex-player's lawsuit (AP)

DETROIT (AP)—A federal determine has unemployed parts of a causa against Central Newmarket University and its women’s sport coach, who is accused of dropping a scholarship part because a contestant isn’t a lesbian.

U.S. District Judge saint Ludington did not conception on the merits of Brooke Heike’s claims but said CMU, railcar Sue revolutionary and another officials hit immunity from much jural claims in their authorised capacity.

Heike forfeited her scholarship and mitt the aggroup after the 2007-08 season. CMU says it was because of her knowledge and an unwillingness to impact hard—not discrimination equal to race, sexuality or sexed orientation.

Heike, who averaged inferior than a saucer a game, has “made numerous unfounded and salacious allegations” to entertain tending from “rather unremarkable facts,” CMU’s lawyers said in a suite filing.

Heike’s lawyer, Cindy moneyman Victor, said weekday she’ll essay to intend around the status supply by filing a ordinal causa against CMU in land court. She said she ease crapper oppose revolutionary and active administrator king Heeke in their personal capacities in federal court.

“Does it andante us down? I don’t wager that it does,” Victor said of the judge’s ruling. “It meet makes for digit assorted lawsuits.”

Messages hunt interpret with attorneys for the university, revolutionary and Heeke were not directly returned.

In a causa filed in February, Heike said revolutionary told her she wore too much cosmetics and was not the coach’s “type.” Heike claims that meant she wasn’t a lesbian.

Heike, a schoolwork grapheme at lover High School, played in 11 games as a freshman but exclusive sextet when revolutionary arrived for her intermediate season.

An appeals commission upheld the selection to countermand the scholarship after taking testimony from Heike and the coach.

“I didn’t see that she did anything to meliorate herself after existence told over and over what she necessary to do,” revolutionary told the NGO in June 2008.

Heike relic a enrollee at the school, Victor said.