What happened to Kimberly Diei? University of Tennessee student awarded $250,000 in ‘WAP’ social media suit
Kimberly Diei, also known as Klassy Kasi, recently won the lawsuit she has been fighting against the University of Tennessee.
Former University of Tennessee pharmacy student awarded $250K in 'WAP' social media suit
Kimberly Diei was awarded $250,000 from the Univeristy of Tennessee over a lawsuit in which she alleged her First Amendment rights were violated.
Former University of Tennessee Student Gets $250K Settlement Over Cardi B’s ‘WAP’ Lyrics
Diei was prepresented in her lawsuit against University of Tennessee by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
Tennessee Grad Student Settles $250K Lawsuit After Almost Getting Expelled for Sharing 'Crude' Lyrics on Social Media
Tennessee graduate student Kimberly Diei settled a lawsuit with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center after she was investigated twice for sharing "crude" Beyoncé and Cardi B lyrics on her personal social media page.
UTHSC settles lawsuit with pharmacy student who said she was expelled for social media posts
Kimberly Diei – now a Memphis pharmacist – filed a lawsuit against the school in 2021, claiming she was expelled due to posts on her personal social media accounts.
Student Whose Racy Social Media Posts Riled a College Gets $250,000 Settlement
The University of Tennessee threatened to expel Kimberly Diei over posts the school said were inappropriate. She sued on First Amendment grounds.
Tennessee grad student settles for $250K after she was nearly expelled for rap lyrics, 'crude' posts
Kimberly Diei was expelled from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. After appealing, she has won a settlement against the university.
UTHSC grad wins free speech lawsuit after nearly being expelled for ‘vulgar’ social media posts
In 2019, this University of Tennessee graduate was given a warning about her posts on her personal social media accounts. The school claimed the posts were crude, sexual, and vulgar. In 2020, the university’s professionalism committee voted to expel her from her doctoral program.
College Student Threatened with Expulsion Over Social Media Dancing Gets Paid
Per reports, Diei filed a lawsuit against the school in 2021, arguing that the public college had “violated her constitutional right of free expression for no legitimate pedagogical reason.” The lawsuit has opened up a larger conversation regarding free speech and social media when it comes to being a student in the digital age.
Tennessee pharmacy student settles for $250K after near-expulsion over social media posts
Kimberly Diei has earned her pharmacy doctorate from the UT Health Science Center in Memphis and is pocketing $250K from a suit over social media posts.
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‘I Have a Right to Express Myself’: Tennessee Grad Student Expelled for Sharing ‘Vulgar’ Beyoncé and Cardi B Lyrics Wins $250K in Free Speech Battle
In 2019, while attending the University of Tennessee School of Pharmacy, Kimberly Diei was the subject of an investigation ...
A Tennessee State University That Nearly Expelled a Student for Racy Tweets Agrees To Pay Her $250,000
Kimberly Diei, a pharmacy student at the University of Tennessee, tweeted about Cardi B's sexually explicit song "WAP" under ...
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Glamorous pharmacist's huge victory over college that threatened to expel her for racy posts
Kimberly Diei, 31, who is now a pharmacist in Memphis, sued the university after administrators voted to have her kicked out of graduate school in 2021. On Wednesday, she accepted a $250,000 ...
When free speech clashes with university authority: What a student’s legal victory means for US First Amendment rights
Kimberly Diei, a pharmacy student at the University of Tennessee, faced expulsion threats after posting racy rap lyrics on social media. The universit ...