LEGAL: Former sports agent Dwight Manley steamed about Rams tickets

Before turning his attention to Brea’s real estate scene, collectibles and other ventures, Dwight Manley was a notable sports agent, once representing Dennis Rodman.

Manley is back in the sports pages, thanks to a recent lawsuit filed in OC Superior Court, against the Los Angeles Rams and Fanfaire, a related fan membership organization.

The suit alleges “a devious and deliberate scheme devised by the Rams billionaire owner Stan Kroenke and his lawyer, Alan Bornstein, to make more money at the expense of loyal Rams fans,” according to a July 29 statement.

Manley’s lawsuit claims he was talked into paying about $1 million for six Stadium Seat Licenses—which give a buyer the ability to purchase season tickets—at the team’s new home in Inglewood, and was told that there would be “an online trading platform and secondary market for the SSLs” going forward.

After the Rams won the Super Bowl, Manley thought he’d be able to resell the SSLs for a profit but has been unable to do so because the promised secondary market doesn’t exist, the suit alleges.

Christopher Pitet, managing partner of the Newport Beach office of Adkisson Pitet LLP, is representing Manley.