Colt Cabana’s Lawsuit Against CM Punk Gets Thrown Out, Cabana Re-Files

The latest on Colt Cabana’s lawsuit against CM Punk!

It’s been quite some time now since we’ve had any updates regarding the lawsuit filed by Scott ‘Colt Cabana’ Colton against Phil ‘CM Punk’ Brooks, as the last word came from Cabana himself when he addressed it on his The Art Of Wrestling podcast back in August (find that here).

Of course, it was revealed back on August 9th that Cabana was suing Punk after an arrangement had allegedly been made between the two for Punk to cover Colt’s legal fees stemming from the lawsuit against them by WWE Doctor Chris Amann (read up on that here). And of course that all stemmed from the 2014 episode of The Art Of Wrestling in which Punk really took the company, especially the medical team, to task for mishandling multiple injuries he had suffered.

There is finally an update today, as PWInsider has reported that the lawsuit was officially dismissed by Judge Daniel Kubasiak of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois back on November 26th, as the Judge sided with Punk’s attorneys who had argued that their was never any definitive contract between Punk and Cabana. However, the dismissal of the case doesn’t bring it to an end as Cabana had the option and chose to re-file, adding that he had received letter from Dr. Amann’s attorney to remove the podcast episode of they would face legal action. This is of note because Cabana had also claimed that when he brought the letter to Punk’s attention, he allegedly said his legal team would “handle it”.

On top of that, Cabana’s re-filing also claims that Punk’s comments on The Art Of Wrestling were done knowing it likely would lead to legal issues. Additionally, the amended filing states that Colt would have settled during the Amann suit had he had prior knowledge that the legal fees were not going to be covered by Punk. Cabana is also seeking a jury trial and at this time, Punk’s legal team has until December 28th to file a formal response.

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