WWE's Dr. Chris Amann filed a lawsuit earlier today against former WWE champion
CM Punk and Colt Cabana in Cook County Civil Court, according to Cook County
Record.
According to the newspaper article, Amann is, "claiming his reputation has
suffered as a result of the former WWE wrestlers’ comments, Amann is seeking
more than $1 million in compensatory damages, as well as an undetermined amount
of punitive damages."
In the filing, Amann claims that everything Punk claimed about his medical
care under Amann while working for WWE were false and "repeatedly and falsely
impugned the integrity" of Amann.
In November 2014, Punk broke his post-WWE silence discussing his time in the
company and the issues that led to his departure. He stated that a lump on his
back was diagnosed as a fat deposit and despite several requests, it was not cut
out. Punk later learned, after he left WWE, it was a MRSA staph infection that
was cut out in what Punk described as the most painful experience in his life.
In response, in the suit, Amann stated he "was not requested by Brooks to
treat and/or excise a lump, let alone a purple, baseball-sized lump."
Amann claims the comments made by Punk and Cabana on the Art of Wrestling
podcast, "are highly offensive in that they accuse [him] of a gross lack of
integrity as a medical doctor, an inability to perform his professional duties
as a medical doctor, and in placing the financial interest of his employer above
life-threatening health conditions of his patients."
Cabana is included in the lawsuit, according to the article, for allegedly
"helping Brooks [Punk] falsely depict" Amann.
Given that the lawsuit was filed today, it's doubtful Cabana and Punk have
been served yet.
Punk is now training for his UFC debut.
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