(LEGAFI) -- A former employee at a California car dealership partially owned by former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway is alleging he and other workers were routinely subjected to racial discrimination.

The former sales manager claims in the racial discrimination lawsuit that he and other minority employees at John Elway’s Manhattan Beach Toyota were denied promotions and opportunities based on their race.

The Plaintiff says he didn’t get a promotion he deserved despite eight years of successful employment because he is African American, and did not receive a pay raise. He also claims the dealership’s general manager used ethnic slurs against black, Latino and Middle Eastern employees.

A lawyer for the dealership says the racial discrimination lawsuit has numerous inaccuracies and the allegations don’t have appear to have merit.