JSerra girls’ basketball program facing investigation for alleged rules violations
A transcript from an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by former JSerra girls’ basketball coach Chyanne Butler indicates the school could be facing a Southern Section investigation for CIF rules violations.
“We are aware of the transcripts and the trial,” Southern Section spokesman Thom Simmons said Friday.
JSerra has “no comment” while the case continues, a school spokesman said.
Butler alleged employment discrimination after being dismissed in January of 2025. A jury trial earlier this year resulted in a hung jury over an allegation of gender discrimination and a new trial is scheduled for Aug. 24 in Orange County Superior Court with Judge David O Carter presiding. Allegations of race discrimination and a sexual harassment claim against an assistant coach were dismissed.
JSerra has not self-reported any CIF violations even though in the first trial, an assistant coach testified under oath about recruiting a player from another school and then providing family expenses including “medical insurance, medical bills, groceries, toiletries, incidentals, basketball shoes.”
That would be a violation of CIF rules.
The Southern Section usually sends allegations of rules violations back to the school to investigate.
Butler is represented by attorney Tim Lawson, who deposed JSerra officials.