IT WASN’T HIS FAULT? –
Oct. 13, 2023 – In the parlance of Las Vegas, Orange County real estate developer Dwight Manley is a “whale.”
An expert coin collector and former sports agent who represented NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman, Manley could be counted on to bet big. And on one particularly ugly afternoon at an MGM Grand Resort and Casino blackjack table, he took a multimillion-dollar hit that he blames on a drink spiked with a tranquilizer used on animals.
Manley, 57, of Brea has filed a federal lawsuit against MGM Resorts International for consumer fraud and negligence, claiming the casino kept extending his credit millions of dollars even though his behavior had become visibly erratic after someone allegedly put ketamine in his old fashioned cocktail. On Thursday, Oct. 12, his representatives announced a $500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who drugged him.
Meanwhile, Manley lost $2 million in markers to MGM, which wants another $440,000, according to his lawsuit, which was filed in November 2022 and amended in July.
