Partner Trinity Broadcasting and Phil McGraw's Merit Street are suing each other in bankruptcy court over a purported 10-year deal under which Dr. Phil would make 160 new 90-minute episodes of his show.

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.

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.