Question

basically, two weeks ago my former employer and I got into an argument which led to him screaming in my face and when he was done he turned to walk away...when I went to stop him, he shoved me down and put his hands up like he wanted to fight, so to defend myself I grabbed him by the wrists and wrestled both of us down and after a minute it was over...I left, and shortly thereafter, I was released from my position...I turned in everything that he had asked me to turn in(including my time sheet) so I could get paid and we could move on. Now he's telling me that he won't release my check and that it's been put towards a medical loan that he helped me pay. I gave no permission to do so. I contacted the fair labor board and have filed a wage claim but what I want to know is if I can go after lost wages, attorney fees, court costs, etc...or if I should just let the fair labor board do it's thing. Thank you for your time.