WWE’s Dr. Chris Amann filed a lawsuit today against CM Punk and Colt Cabana due to comments made on Cabana’s Art of Wrestling podcast last year.
The Cook County Record in Illinois reports that Amann is claiming that his reputation has suffered as a result of the comments made by Punk.
Amann is seeking more than $1 million in compensatory damages as well as an undetermined amount of punitive damages. Amann says in his suit that Punk’s claims about him are false. Cabana is included for helping Punk “falsely depict” Amann.
Amann’s suit includes a detailed transcript from the podcast. The suit also points out that the podcast has been streamed more than 1 million times on YouTube and more than 10,000 times on SoundCloud, in addition to downloads on other platforms.
Punk claimed on the podcast that Amann misdiagnosed a growth on his back as a fatty deposit and disregarded requests to remove it, then said he later found out from another doctor that it was a full-blown MRSA staph infection. The lawsuit says “Amann was not requested by Brooks to treat and/or excise a lump, let a lone a purple, baseball-sized lump,” also alleging that Punk never sought treatment for or showed Amann a lump and that Amann never prescribed Punk antibiotics for a lump or concussion.
Punk claimed that Amann once prescribed him antibiotics for a concussion and said he didn’t know how to treat a concussion. Punk also claimed that during the Royal Rumble last year, he motioned to Amann that he had a concussion but Amann brushed it off. Amann says he followed proper protocol by advising Punk to leave the ring after a preliminary diagnosis of a possible concussion. Amann says he even requested that Punk undergo further evaluation and treatment in the training room backstage.
Amann is being represented by Phillip J. Zisook and Brian D. Saucier of Deutsch, Levy & Engel in Chicago. The lawsuit wasn’t filed until today so it’s likely that Punk and Cabana weren’t served yet.
Because it is a company employee that filed the lawsuit, we’ve reached out to WWE for comment and will keep you updated.
Source: RingsideNews.com