A federal judge today ruled Dr. Phil cannot clean his own slate with a Chapter 11 for his now dead Merit Street Media and the multi-million dollar deal he had with Trinity Broadcasting . However, the one-time Oprah protégé hasn’t given up the bankruptcy fight just yet.

Scolding Phil McGraw for not being forthright in his deals and the recent trial, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Scott Everett said Tuesday he wants the MSM proceedings transferred into a Chapter 7, and the assets sold off to pay off debts.

“Candor to the court is critical,” Judge Everett declared in the just completed hearing, noting how cruical communications had been erased and specific creditors to McGraw’s Merit Street Media were being paid over others The Texas-based judge also made it clear in the summary judgement ru

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