Former Nebraska women's basketball assistant coach Chuck Love has admitted to having a sexual relationship with former player Ashley Scoggin, according to court documents tied to a civil lawsuit Scoggin filed against Love and university officials.
Scoggin is suing Love, current head coach Amy Williams, the Board of Regents, and former athletic director Trev Alberts in Lincoln District Court. The original complaint filed in 2024 alleges Love groomed her and that the university mishandled the situation, which occurred during the 2021-22 season. She is seeking unspecified damages.
Love, in his initial response to the lawsuit, denied ever having a sexual relationship with Scoggin. However, Maren Chaloupka, Scoggin's attorney, wrote in a March 17 filing, 'At his February 5, 2026, deposition, Love for the first time admitted that he had a sexual relationship with Ashley.'
Chaloupka wrote that the university's Board of Regents, head coach Amy Williams, and former athletic director Trev Alberts, all named as co-defendants, 'endorsed his denial.'
According to USA Today, Scoggin described in her original complaint how Love took a special interest in her and that the relationship turned sexual, causing Scoggin to fear retaliation if she refused to engage in it. Williams and Alberts, now the athletic director at Texas A&M, are accused of not setting rules, training, or policies prohibiting staff members from having sexual relationships with athletes.
Scoggin played two seasons for the Cornhuskers. She was dismissed from the team on the same day Love was suspended with pay in February 2022. Love resigned three months later. Scoggin, who is from Dallas, Oregon, transferred to UNLV.
Scoggin was kicked off the Nebraska team a few days after teammates discovered her, fully clothed, in Love's room during a road trip. Love initially denied Scoggin's claims that he sought sexual relationships with students, that he discussed inappropriate topics with her, and that he invited her to go out for drinks.
The regents, Williams, and Alberts said in their joint response to the civil lawsuit that they didn't have 'sufficient information and belief to either admit or deny the allegations' of a sexual relationship between Scoggin and Love. The university, in its initial response to the lawsuit, said Scoggin's removal from the team was warranted, in part, because of 'dishonesty and distrust' between Scoggin and her teammates.
