[onewhippedpuppy]

Paul did it the right way. When you mix money in with friendship, the results are often not good. ESPECIALLY if the boundaries and responsibilities are not well defined.

Rob, sounds like it's time to cut ties from a business sense. Your friend has become a business associate who is now only looking out for his own best interests. Not only a business associate, but a poor business associate. You should sit down with your friend, define how you will sort out the remainder of the mess (on paper), then cease to do business with him. Buy him a beer, tell him that you value his friendship more than money. If he can't get past that then he's not the friend you thought he was. Sometimes money does funny things to people, and rarely are they good.