Breaking: Colt Cabana sues CM Punk

**BigCrippyZ** · 08-10-2018, 12:33 AM

Dr. Amman is the one who brought Colt into the lawsuit as a co-defendant with Punk. Punk (allegedly) simply offered to pay the legal fees on Colt's behalf, probably because it would benefit him in the lawsuit to have shared defense counsel.

WWE wasn't even a party to the lawsuit. This was a lawsuit between the individual people Dr. Amman and Colt & Punk. Thus, Colt meeting with WWE reps would have had no legal impact re: settling the previous case with Dr. Amman.

It sounds like Colt simply was promised to have his legal fees covered by Punk when it looked better for Punk to have a shared defense. This makes sense because if Punk was paying for shared legal counsel with Colt, Colt could not assert any cross-claims against Punk or attempt to prove that Punk was solely liable for Dr. Amman's defamation. For whatever reason, Punk allegedly later changed his mind on paying Colt's legal fees.

08-10-2018, 12:33 AM	#11
BigCrippyZ Posts: 3,033	Dr. Amman is the one who brought Colt into the lawsuit as a co-defendant with Punk. Punk (allegedly) simply offered to pay the legal fees on Colt's behalf, probably because it would benefit him in the lawsuit to have shared defense counsel. WWE wasn't even a party to the lawsuit. This was a lawsuit between the individual people Dr. Amman and Colt & Punk. Thus, Colt meeting with WWE reps would have had no legal impact re: settling the previous case with Dr. Amman. It sounds like Colt simply was promised to have his legal fees covered by Punk when it looked better for Punk to have a shared defense. This makes sense because if Punk was paying for shared legal counsel with Colt, Colt could not assert any cross-claims against Punk or attempt to prove that Punk was solely liable for Dr. Amman's defamation. For whatever reason, Punk allegedly later changed his mind on paying Colt's legal fees.