Weeks after the Professional Bull Riders objected to the bankruptcy proceedings of Dr. Phil McGraw’s Merit Street Media, the league filed an emergency motion seeking to compel document production while accusing Dr. Phil of a “bad faith” Chapter 11 filing.
Specifically, the PBR – which claims Merit Street owes it $181 million – alleges that Dr. Phil “orchestrated this Chapter 11 Case to avoid menacing litigation against PBR and jumpstart” a new media venture, noting that Dr. Phil founded Envoy Media the day before Merit Street filed for bankruptcy.
