was mentally unstable, a problem drinker and not performing tasks assigned. he says the comments cost him the new opportunity so he sued the company and the supervisor for slander. that supervisor, a former marine sniper has filed a response calling his defamation claims "groundless," and, saying he was a mentor and revealing that he suffered a traumatic brain injury while at war and accusing him of being distracted by the new found fame saying he was not focused on his job and the commitments but more focused on his pending star status with his movie deals, book deals and other commercial endeavors. his attorney said that is flatout false, and inconsistent with who he is. and the company says it was not party to this filing, calling it a marine on marine personality conflict saying that the company still hopes to settle this lawsuit. >> that is probably the bottom line. it is his word against his word. and now to our legal panel,