Lawyers for Dr. Phil McGraw’s media venture were denied their request to withdraw as bankruptcy counsel as the company looks to end its Chapter 11 proceeding.

The bankruptcy woes of Dr. Phil’s company just keep piling up. A new lawsuit filed today in Texas federal court from Trinity Broadcasting Network alleges that Dr. Phil McGraw and his company, Merit Street Media,

In Trinity’s version of events, McGraw duped the network into a partnership by claiming he had the rights to Dr. Phil and would produce new episodes of it, but only if Trinity partnered with his production company Peteski and paid him $20 million.

As my colleagues Inae Oh and Isabela Dias have written, Dr. Phil has helped the Trump administration sell its mass deportations by making televised content out of their raids. As the Trump administration uses cruelty—and publicizes it—to push for self-deportation, Dr. Phil’s broadcasts are important.

Lawyers for Dr. Phil McGraw’s media venture were denied their request to withdraw as bankruptcy counsel as the company looks to end its Chapter 11 proceeding.

Television psychologist Phil McGraw lasted less than two days before getting political after telling The New York Times that he wasn’t qualified to do so. McGraw attempted to avoid questions in an interview with the paper about his recent appearances alongside President Donald Trump and his ICE raid ridealongs by arguing,

Dr. Phil says two creditors of his bankrupt company Merit Street Media — Christian broadcaster Trinity Broadcasting Network and Professional Bull Riders — are trying to smear him in “incendiary” legal filings and trying to drive down Merit Street’s value.