Dr. Phil Hit With Creditor Subpoena in Merit Street Bankruptcy

Phil McGraw, the daytime television personality known as Dr. Phil, is facing a deposition from a creditor—a professional bull-riding organization—over his bankrupt media venture, Merit Street Media Inc.

The subpoena seeks a wide range of records from McGraw related to Merit’s financial health, his separate production company, and Merit’s Christian broadcast partner Trinity Broadcasting of Texas Inc., according to a notice filed Wednesday by Professional Bull Riders LLC in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Among the records Bull Riders wants are emails Trinity referenced in court in which McGraw allegedly boasted about his “eleventh-hour poker ...