A customer has called me off the job of painting his upstairs interior with aspects of patch and repair walls and ceilings due to a preexisting water leak in roof . During the course the customer has had two house fires downstairs in his kitchen in two different locations which the fire dept was called each time. His 50% deposit was paid for. He now holds all my equipment and has hired a new crew to go over my work because he could not wait to be rescheduled until a full arson investigation was completed (still pending). My wife who works with me as a partner, and I both suffered smoke inhilation and I hurt my back. Trying to put out the first fire. This customer has had me served in Small Claims for his money back without discussing with me. The nature of his dispute is I cost too much compared to his newer hire. And he could not wait in due course for us to reschedule. After he praised our work he has publically bad mouth my work on social media. And my company holds a 5 star rating with home advisor and angie's list. We have never had a complaint. I am now forced into this fight for my reputation and will have to file mechanics lean. We have photos and documentation plus he breached our contract with this arson investigation which we have not yet been cleared.