The latest in a string of racial discrimination lawsuits against the most valuable automobile in the world, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Inc., has been filed by a Black former general manager who claims he was fired for challenging racist statements made by his white boss.

John Goode, who managed a Tesla service center close to Atlanta, filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco on Thursday, alleging that a regional manager prevented him from being considered for a promotion before firing him on false pretenses on March 3.

Attempts to reach a Tesla spokesperson for comment on Friday were unsuccessful. The manufacturer of electric vehicles has previously stated that it does not allow discrimination and responds to employee complaints.

The complaint was filed at the same time as the Friday closing arguments in the racial harassment trial of a Black former elevator operator at Tesla’s Fremont, California, factory.

After a court reduced the jury’s $137 million verdict to $15 million in 2021, the plaintiff in that case, Owen Diaz, decided to request a fresh trial on the issue of damages. The judge noted that Diaz had only been employed at the plant for nine months and that he had made no claims regarding any health ailments or injuries.

In the latest case, Goode says that the white regional manager made some racist remarks throughout the course of 2022. According to the lawsuit, the manager claimed that Black people “only excel in sports and entertainment” and “only scream and cry in church.”

In October of last year, Goode claims that the manager prevented him from interviewing for a promotion that eventually went to a white employee.

Goode claims that after he informed the manager that his racial remarks were inappropriate, he was punished for a few weeks before being let off for submitting expense reports late. According to Goode, there is no timeframe for the disclosures in Tesla company policy.

The case, which claims that federal and California laws prohibiting workplace racial discrimination and retribution were broken, asks for punitive damages, compensation for lost earnings and benefits, and mental distress.

Along with the Diaz case, the EV manufacturer is also dealing with a class action complaint from Black workers and a claim of systemic racial discrimination at the Fremont plant from a California state agency.

Tesla has denied wrongdoing in those cases and has said the California Civil Rights Department lawsuit was politically motivated.