Tennessee Grad Student Settles $250K Lawsuit

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.
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.
Tennessee Grad Student Settles $250K Lawsuit After Almost Getting Expelled for Sharing 'Crude' Lyrics on Social Media
Kimberly Diei posted Beyoncé and Cardi B lyrics on her personal social media page while attending the University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Tennessee grad student settles for $250K after being 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.
Student Wins $250K After University Tried to Expel Her for Sharing Music Lyrics
A pharmacy student settled a $250,000 lawsuit against the University of Tennessee Health Science Center after the university tried to expel her for posting Beyonce and Cardi B lyrics on her personal social media account.
College Student Threatened with Expulsion Over Social Media Dancing Gets Paid
The former doctor of pharmacy student at the University of Tennessee spent the last four years fighting with her school, and she just received a major win. As the New York Times reports, four years ago the University’s professional conduct committee received “an anonymous complaint” regarding Diei’s posts on social media.
Her college tried to expel her for tweeting Cardi B lyrics. She just won $250K in court.
UT’s Health Science Center College of Pharmacy launched two investigations into Diei’s posts on X (then known as Twitter) ...
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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 ...