his involvement was still more from a business management standpoint. >> we kept trying to have business meetings so we could see the checkbook, which we have never seen. every time we go to have a meeting, steve would get up and get angry and storm out of the house. so we were getting a little bit suspicious. >> the final straw came when steve white closed the company's bank accounts without telling phil who found out through the bank teller. >> she said mr. white came in two days ago, walked out of the bank with $2,943 and closed the account. and she said the reason i mentioned you, mr. rouss is because they were checks outstanding. he said he didn't care. he just wanted the money. >> rouss believed that as 50% owner of the business he had the power to halt all such transactions. but he was wrong.