Film producer David Bergstein has been convicted in federal court in New York of seven counts related to defrauding investors of more than $26 million. He will be sentenced June 8 by US District Judge P. Kevin Castel, who presided over the four-week trial. Some of the seven counts of the conviction carry maximum…

David Bergstein, the high-flying producer, financier and philanthropist, has been arrested by the FBI and charged with defrauding investors out of more than $26 million. His executive producer credits include Accidental Love, Father Of Invention, and last year's box office dud In The Heart Of The Sea, but none of the…

EXCLUSIVE: After more than four years of lawsuits, disputed loans, tattered reputations and tens of millions in fees, the vitriolic war between film financier David Bergstein and Aramid Entertainment looks to be almost over. And the victor might shock you. The parties have reached a settlement agreement, according to…

After years of court battles of his own, David Bergstein is now turning the legal spotlight onto The Hollywood Reporter – for $150 million. Earlier this week the film financier filed a defamation suit against the trade and parent company Prometheus Global Media. "Defendants’ reporting included material misstatements…

The three-year legal saga between David Bergstein and Aramid Entertainment's David Molner took a further turn today as the producer and film financier sued Aramid and others for extortion. The three-claim complaint (read it here) alleges that after Bergstein refused to pay his former friend Parmjit Singh Parmar the $5…

Film financier David Bergstein has gone after his past lawyers in court and now he’s going after his bankruptcy trustee for “waging a personal and vindictive war” against him. In a filing in federal court yesterday (read it here), Bergstein’s UK-based Pangea Media Holdings claims that trustee Ronald Durkin is “doing…

In yet another legal setback for the producer and film financier, a judge has ruled that David Bergstein cannot sue the employers of his former lawyer Susan Tregub even if she did switch sides against him. "The fact that it is alleged that defendants aided and abetted Tregub does not change this into an action by a…

Producer and financier David Bergstein suffered a legal defeat today as a judge shut down his $100 million lawsuit against two law firms.  Bergstein claimed the firms — Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and Levene Neale Bender Yoo & Brill, who represent Aramid Entertainment’s David Molner and other creditors in their…

The statute of limitations sank David Bergstein's latest lawsuit against one of his former lawyers says a judge. Citing that the film financier's claims against Teri Zimon for legal malpractice are subjected to a one-year statute of limitations under California law, Judge Alan Rosenfield granted the defendant's motion…

WEDNESDAY UPDATE: The jury came back today with an additional judgment of $500,000 in punitive damages. TUESDAY 7:15 PM: Deadline has learned that a Los Angeles Superior Court jury today unanimously awarded the controversial film financier David Bergstein the $49.5 million damages against his former in-house counsel…

In the continuing legal saga involving his former companies, financier David Bergstein has filed suit against Aramid Entertainment, Aramid Capital Partners and its Chairman David Molner and others alleging breach of contract, promissory fraud and other charges associated with loans made to Bergstein’s former…

In yet another kink in the legal tangle involving former companies associated with financier David Bergstein, investor Ronald Tutor and Library Asset Acquisition Co. filed suit today in Los Angeles Superior Court against Aramid Entertainment, Screen Capital International Corp, Aramid Capital Partners Chairman David…