A former athletic trainer for the Sacramento Kings is suing the NBA team for allegedly firing her due to her pregnancy.In her lawsuit, filed Aug. 11 in California Superior Court, Crystal Lee contends that from the moment she informed higher-ups she was pregnant, she faced discrimination for becoming a mother. The suit outlines several instances where team officials dismissed her concerns and reduced her responsibilities before ultimately firing her in June 2025. In addition to pregnancy discrimination, the suit also includes allegations of sexual harassment, retaliation and wrongful termination.Lee joined the Kings in 2022 as an assistant athletic trainer, a role she says required her to be on-call at all times. Despite her popularity with the players, the lawsuit said, news of her pregnancy prompted Jas Randhawa, her boss and the team’s Senior Director of Athlete Health, to mock her.“When she told him she was pregnant, he laughed and told her, ‘You’re f—ed,’ an opinion he reiterated when he later opined, ‘Your life is ruined after you have kids,’” the lawsuit said. “He also made comments disparaging caretaking obligations more generally and the inconvenience Randhawa believed they posed.”In a statement Thursday, an attorney representing the Kings denied any wrongdoing and pushed back on Lee’s criticism of the team’s culture.