A judge has thrown out Ronald Tutor's lawsuit against Aramid Entertainment, David Molner and others who were instrumental in forcing the involuntary bankruptcy of his film businesses, according to The Hollywood Reporter yesterday. Tutor, the CEO of a large construction company who got into the movie business and teamed up with investor David Bergstein, brought the lawsuit, alleging he had paid Aramid and related entities $2.9 million to settle claims related to a ThinkFilm loan he had made to finance movies. The lawsuit charged that Aramid got the money and that Molner signed an agreement on behalf of Aramid that released certain claims. On Tuesday, Los Angeles Superior Court judge Michael Paul Linfield rejected Tutor's lawsuit, saying that Aramid and Molner coudn't be sued over efforts related to their role in the bankruptcy of Bergstein's companies. The judge also said that Tutor failed to show a probability of prevailing on his clams in the suit.
