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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Feb 20, 2015 0:49:53 GMT -6
www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/96-wwe-news/41284-dr-chris-amann-sues-punk-a-cabana-for-their-statements-about-him-on-podcastWWE News: Dr. Chris Amann sues CM Punk & Colt Cabana for podcast comments Thursday, 19 February 2015 17:36 By Dave Meltzer, Wrestling Observer WWE physician Dr. Chris Amann filed suit today in Cook County (IL) Circuit Court against Philip Jack Brooks (C.M. Punk) and Scott Colton (Colt Cabana) based on comments Brooks made on Colton's "Art of Wrestling" podcast. Amann claimed both men's statements on the November podcast were false, defamatory, and put him in a false light by improperly insinuating a lack of integrity and/or competence as a medical doctor. He is seeking in excess of $1 million in compensatory damages as well as punitive damages. Amann, in particular, claimed that Brooks impugned his reputation by saying he had misdiagnosed a fatty deposit on Brooks' back as a fatty deposit and ignored requests to remove it. Brooks said that it turned into life-threatening MSRA, and was also critical of Amann's handling of what he said was a concussion. Amann claimed he was never asked by Brooks to treat any lump or remove a lump, saying Brooks never showed him such a lump and that he never prescribed Brooks with antibiotics for such a bump. Amann did say that he told Brooks to leave the ring after believing he may have suffered a concussion and wanted futher evaluation in the training room. He claimed Colton aided in falsely depicting Amann as a lazy or a bad doctor, and claimed both men knowingly fabricated the false and disparaging statements about him.
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Feb 20, 2015 10:58:43 GMT -6
chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/381966/wwe-ringside-doctor-files-lawsuit-colt-cabana-cm-punkWWE ringside doctor files lawsuit against Colt Cabana, CM Punk A north suburban doctor who was blasted on a professional wrestler’s podcast — accused of ignoring a life-threatening cyst on another wrestler’s back and prescribing antibiotics to treat everything from concussions to broken ribs — is now suing both men for defamation. Scott Colton, known professionally as Colt Cabana, and his longtime friend Phillip Brooks, or CM Punk, are both professional wrestlers and were named as defendants in a lawsuit filed Thursday by Libertyville-based Dr. Christopher Amann in Cook County Circuit Court. Amann is the senior ringside physician for the World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE. The suit takes issue with a Nov. 26, 2014, episode of Colton’s podcast “The Art of Wrestling.” In it, he interviewed Brooks, who claimed Amann diagnosed a life-threatening cyst on his back as a “fatty cell,” the suit said. Brooks said the lump on his back grew to the size of a baseball, was purple and “morphed into a full-blown MRSA staph infection,” according to the suit. Brooks said on the podcast that Amann ignored the cyst because he was “a lazy piece of s—” and so he could get back in the ring on an important wrestling match, according to the lawsuit. Brooks further claimed that Amann gave him Z-Packs, a popular type of antibiotic, to treat everything from concussions to the lump on his back. Brooks said on the show that a Florida doctor removed the lump three months after he noticed it, and told him he “should be dead,” the suit said. The episode has been played more than 1 million times on YouTube and 10,000-plus times on SoundCloud. Amann claims in Thursday’s lawsuit that Brooks never told him about any lump, and never showed him a lump on his back for medical diagnosis or treatment. The suit also claims Amann never refused to treat Brooks for a lump or growth of any kind, and did not prescribe antibiotics for broken ribs or other injuries. The doctor further claimed he followed all concussion protocols and told Brooks to leave wrestling matches after signs of a possible concussion. Following the podcast, Brooks’ story was picked up by several news outlets such as Buzzfeed and the Washington Post. The two-count suit claims defamation and invasion of privacy against both wrestlers, and seeks more than $2 million in damages. Colton and Brooks, who both live in the Chicago area, could not immediately be reached for comment.
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