A judge on Tuesday threw out Harvey Weinstein‘s lawsuit against Irwin Reiter, the head of accounting at the Weinstein Co. who blew the whistle on him in 2017.

Weinstein sued Reiter, his brother Bob and former COO David Glasser earlier this year, accusing them of a “financial betrayal” that contributed to the downfall of the company.

Judge Joel M. Cohen dismissed the suit against Reiter, finding that Weinstein was using it to try to punish someone who had spoken out against him.

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Reiter was a key source for Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the New York Times reporters who revealed Weinstein’s pattern of sexual harassment complaints and settlements in October 2017.

As the Weinstein Co. was collapsing in the wake of those revelations, Len Blavatnik’s company, AI International Holdings, sued Weinstein to try to recover a $45 million personal guarantee.

The case lay dormant for years as Weinstein’s company went bankrupt and he was sent to prison, and AI International ultimately concluded it would never see its money and agreed to drop the suit.

But after signing a dismissal notice in 2023, Weinstein’s lawyers had a change of heart and asked AI International Holdings not to file it. Instead, they decided to use the case to file a countersuit, seeking to shift blame for the default from Harvey Weinstein to Bob Weinstein and the other two executives. He alleged that Bob Weinstein and Glasser had taken improper bonuses, weakening the company’s financial condition,...

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