Speaking to Nick Hausman & Robert Karpeles on the Rumor & Innuendo podcast, Stephen P. New, the lawyer for CM Punk, spoke about Punk’s AEW departure following the backstage incident with Jack Perry at All In 2023, Tony Khan’s comments about “fearing for his life,” and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On whether CM Punk had a non-compete clause: “I can’t really speak to that with respect to Punk. What I can say is that the contracts vary for whether or not non-competes remain in place, the types of terminations and that sort of thing. In terms of him specifically, there is no way I can get into that.”
On AEW’s statement about Punk’s firing: “Yeah, it was clear why.”
On Tony Khan’s comments about “fearing for his life” and if Tony had “overstepped:” “He’s welcome to comment on however he felt about whatever.”
