The Washington Commanders are accused of cheating District residents out of their deposits for season tickets and using the money for their own purposes.
The D.C. Attorney General has filed two lawsuits in the last week.
The Commanders have been accused of selling tickets to D.C. fans that required a security deposit. The team promised these ticket holders that they would get the deposits back within 30 days of the contract's end, but the team kept the money for a long time and used it.
The lawsuit says that when ticket holders asked for their deposits back, the team made the return process more difficult by imposing unnecessary conditions.
A spokesman for the Commanders denied the allegations.
The Commanders have not accepted security deposits for over 20 years in the case of premium tickets and over a decade in the case of suites. Team management was told to return all security deposits requested by customers as part of a comprehensive review.
The team hired a law firm and forensic auditors to look into their accounts, and they found no evidence that the team hid money or used it badly.
A representative for the National Football League didn't reply to a question on Thursday.
The latest lawsuit shows that Commanders executives are determined to lie, cheat, and steal from District residents in as many ways as possible. He accused the team of being arrogant and ignoring the law.
According to the lawsuit, the team continued to impose additional obligations on customers despite the fact that an employee of the team had warned them of the violation of contract terms.
The team illegally hid hundreds of thousands of dollars from district residents.
The Commanders held nearly $200,000 in unreturned security deposits despite returning some of the money to ticket holders. The Commanders forfeited thousands of dollars from D.C. residents security deposits and turned them into revenue, according to the lawsuit.
The Commanders and the NFL deceived D.C. residents about the team's allegedtoxic culture and sexual harassment for their own financial gain, according to the first lawsuit.
Both the House Oversight Committee and the National Football League are investigating the Commanders and their owner for sexual harassment.
An unacceptable workplace culture had existed within the team for several years and they have apologized many times for allowing that to happen.
The public needs to know the truth, according to the spokesman. "Although the lawsuit repeats a lot of innuendo, half-truths and lies, we welcome this opportunity to defend the organization in a court of law and to establish, once and for all, what is fact and what is fiction."
The National Football League is conducting a review. Mary Jo White is the leader. There have been other investigations into the Commanders.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Virginia opened a criminal investigation into the financial misdeeds of the team.
The team has been put on the market. The commanders could be worth as much as $7 billion. The financial committee of the National Football League would have to approve any deal with 24 of the league's 32 teams.
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