{"id":2121533,"date":"2025-10-28T23:32:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2121533"},"modified":"2025-10-28T23:32:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:32:22","slug":"judge-rules-against-dr-phil-in-merit-street-bankruptcy-orders-case-to-be-converted-to-chapter-7-liquidation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/judge-rules-against-dr-phil-in-merit-street-bankruptcy-orders-case-to-be-converted-to-chapter-7-liquidation\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Rules Against Dr. Phil in Merit Street Bankruptcy, Orders Case to Be Converted to Chapter 7 Liquidation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">A federal judge ordered that a bankruptcy proceeding for Dr. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1114695\/\">Phil McGraw<\/a>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1039020\/\">Merit Street Media<\/a>, the TV personality\u2019s failed television network venture, be converted to a Chapter 7 liquidation \u2014 saying that was in the best interests of creditors including Trinity Broadcasting Network and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0389896\/\">Professional Bull Riders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Merit Street was formed as a joint venture between Tbn, a not-for-profit Christian broadcaster, and McGraw\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0342392\/\">Peteski Productions<\/a>. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0812658\/\">Merit<\/a> filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 2, 2025, after running into financial straits. At the same time, Merit Street sued Tbn, alleging breach of contract and claiming it \u201cabused its position as the controlling shareholder\u201d; subsequently,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge ordered that a bankruptcy proceeding for Dr. Phil McGraw\u2019s Merit Street Media, the TV personality\u2019s failed television network venture, be converted to a Chapter 7 liquidation \u2014 saying that was in the best interests of creditors including Trinity Broadcasting Network and Professional Bull Riders. 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