Sorry for not putting this up above but a Twitter troll found something interesting. Phil was apparently hit with a lien for not paying tax to the town of Stratford about two months ago, supposedly for not paying his sewage bill:
To be perfectly clear I cannot verify the lien's existence or amount independently but the dates of June 29 2009, August 16 2019, and October 4 2019 line up exactly with the dates in MidFirst's complaint. If this is a gay op it is remarkably thorough.
Edit: If (I need to emphasize that word!) this is real Phil may have also defaulted on some of the taxes + fees associated with the Connecticut property only to realize recently that he is still liable which could explain why he is now so panicky. This also adds another wrinkle to his sudden interest in the MidFirst hearing because this lien was from a debt incurred in 2019: Common sense tells us he would have probably did not pay in 2020 or 2021 either if he defaulted in 2019 which could mean more unexpected bills if he cannot argue these are covered by some combination of the foreclosure and bankruptcy discharge (no idea if this is true and the answer may be too convoluted for me to figure out).