Washington, D.C., attorney general Karl Racine filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Washington Commanders, owner Daniel Snyder and the NFL for "colluding to deceive District residents."
The lawsuit comes amid a federal criminal probe launched earlier this month into alleged financial improprieties by Snyder and the team.
Racine's lawsuit contends the Commanders, in lock step with the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell, misled fans about steps they were taking to rectify the "toxic workplace culture" within the organization in order to keep them coming to games.
"Faced with public outrage over detailed and widespread allegations of sexual misconduct and a persistently hostile work environment at the Team, Defendants made a series of public statements to convince District consumers that this dysfunctional and misogynistic conduct was limited and that they were fully cooperating with an independent investigation," the suit reads.