Following the news this afternoon that Colt Cabana has now filed a lawsuit against CM Punk over legal fees accrued during the suit by WWE Doctor Chris Amann against both men (check that out here), more details have now emerged.

According to PWInsider, Cabana was sent a cease and desist letter by Amann’s attorneys back in 2014 regarding the episode of The Art Of Wrestling podcast, which of course started this whole situation. Allegedly, Cabana was told by Punk not to respond to the letter, which in turn led to Amann filing suit against them. Additionally, Cabana is alleging he received an email from Punk over a bill received by his legal team, Loeb & Loeb, in April 2016 that read as follows:

“To date I have spent $513,736 dollars on this Amman lawsuit. My outstanding bill is at least 300K. Half of all this is yours. Divide the 513,736 by 2 that is what you owe me and what I expect you to pay me. Starting now, I will no longer be paying your bills. You are on your own. Whatever my bill is currently, will be cut in half and half will be yours. If you choose to make this all ugly, that’s fine too.  I hope you won’t, but I gave up on you doing what is right a long time ago.”

Cabana also claims that Punk’s attorneys stated they would continue to represent him if there “is no conflict between you and Phil that prevents me from morally and ethically representing you”, even if Cabana would not be paying their fees. Cabana continued to use Loeb & Loeb until March of 2017 when he alleges he was forced to get his own representation and believed that Punk had caused them to withdraw as Colt’s legal representation. On top of that, once the Amann lawsuit came to a close, Cabana’s new representation approached Punk for payment and were turned down.

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