Dr. Phil McGraw has filed a brand new movement after his media firm, Benefit Road Media, filed for chapter safety.
After Benefit lately filed for Chapter 11 chapter, McGraw, 74, alleged in a brand new movement obtained by Us Weekly that the corporate's former enterprise companions are trying to depress its values by submitting “incendiary” and “inflammatory” courtroom paperwork.
“From the outset of this Chapter Case, each Movants entered right into a ‘press technique' fueled largely by incendiary pleadings they knew can be picked up by the media which, predictably, did happen,” the submitting reads. “The impact of that is to not solely insult and denigrate [his company] Peteski and Dr. McGraw but additionally to depress the worth of the Debtor.”
McGraw additional claimed that the alleged “press technique” from broadcaster Trinity Broadcasting Community and fellow associate Skilled Bull Riders (PBR) was “stuffed with inflammatory and damaging assertions of unhealthy religion, improper conduct and self-dealing” that have been “unfounded” and “speculative.”
Benefit filed for chapter safety final month, which two of McGraw's former broadcast companions have since tried to have dismissed in courtroom for its allegedly illegal actions. Trinity had claimed that McGraw swindled them by failing to ship a single episode of his eponymous speak present after inking a $500 million, 10-year deal in authorized paperwork obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.
McGraw denied the allegations in his newest submitting, stressing that he “efficiently produced and broadcasted content material nationwide, 24 hours a day and 7 days per week” and plenty of of his episodes aired on Trinity.
McGraw additionally asserted in his current submitting that each one “company actions and choices have been taken in full compliance” with the regulation.
“The choice to declare chapter was removed from being a ‘sham' and was as a substitute a painful resolution after a lot sweat fairness had been invested into the Benefit Community journey and model improvement by Dr. McGraw,” the TV persona's submitting reads.
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“Peteski invested tens of millions of {dollars} to save lots of the Benefit Community and resisted chapter for months regardless of Trinity's continued failure to dwell as much as its obligations even when Trinity reaffirmed these duties in a written and signed doc in December 2024.”
Trinity and PBR haven't publicly addressed the accusations. Us Weekly has reached out to each organizations for remark.
McGraw, in the meantime, has requested that the courtroom comply with comparable proceedings in Blake Full of life and Justin Baldoni's ongoing authorized battle, requiring that any courtroom docs exclude “intemperate language and private assaults.” (Full of life, 37, sued Baldoni, 41, in December 2024 for sexual harassment, which he's vehemently denied.)
“Counsel to Peteski commends this identical language to this Court docket and ask that the Court docket enter an order with comparable language,” McGraw's attorneys write. “For the avoidance of doubt, Peteski objects to all the Movants' arguments to dismiss or convert the Chapter Case, or to nominate a chapter 11 trustee, and denies all allegations made therein.”
McGraw is additional hopeful that his movement will “appropriate the false narrative” spurned by Trinity that subsequently triggered his “monetary misery.”
A spokesperson for Peteski additionally addresses the authorized battle.
“TBN's newest lawsuit is riddled with provable lies, and is a part of a lawfare litigation technique designed to distract individuals so nobody notices when TBN in the end is held accountable for strolling away from its commitments right here,” a rep for Peteski instructed Us in an announcement. “Amongst different issues, they declare we didn't create any episodes. A easy test of IMDb tells the true story — we created greater than 200 episodes. Folks misplaced their jobs and Peteski Productions has incurred tens of millions of {dollars} of losses due to TBN's unhealthy conduct. We are going to proceed to combat for justice on this case.”
