Former Beverly Hills star, Shannen Doherty, reveals her battle with breast cancer.

During a recent lapse in her health insurance, caused by her former business managers, Doherty’s cancer worsened, igniting her to file a claim in a lawsuit on Wednesday, according to USA Today.

Due to the lapse in the health coverage, she waited to go to the doctor, while she waited for her insurance to start up again. Because she waited, there was a delay in diagnosing her cancer which in turn is creating more drastic treatments. Among the possible treatments for her cancer are a mastectomy and chemotherapy.

In March of this year, Doherty, 44, received the cancer diagnosis. Her doctors now are saying that if it was treated earlier, it might have prevented its spread. But the attorneys for the accounting firm Tanner Mainstain Glynn & Johnson have denied that it was the company that caused her health insurance to lapse.

“Tanner Mainstain is saddened to learn that Ms. Doherty is suffering from cancer and wishes her a full recovery,” the company’s attorney, Randall J. Dean, wrote in a statement. “However, the claim that Tanner Mainstain caused her to be uninsured, prevented her from seeking medical care, or somehow contributed to her cancer is patently false. Tanner Mainstain will aggressively defend all of Ms. Doherty’s claims in court.”

Her husband, photographer Kurt Iswariendo, has also field a suit against the firm, and former partner, Steven D. Blatt. He is accusing them of mishandling the couple’s money which led them further down the road of having financial difficulties which included tax audits and liens.

Since the diagnosis, Doherty has been unable to work.

“The spread of the cancer has caused (Doherty) severe emotional distress,” the lawsuit states.

“The relationship between a business manager and its client is based on trust, in honesty and competence,” Doherty’s attorney, Devin McRae, wrote in a statement. “That trust was violated here, and we hope that the defendants will correct it in a responsible manner.”