So, of course, I dont know the entire story here.
But, to me, Venu comes off looking poorly for filing charges so quickly.
Lets face it, those bottle probably cost $100-150 wholesale. So floating Cook the $$$ for a few weeks shouldnt put them out of business.
Seems to me they (Venu) should have made CERTAIN that Cook had been notified, and then given him a week or two before filing charges.
On the surface, they (Venu) seem like d!cks to me.