United Kingdom, Feb. 18 -- Harvey Weinstein is suing his brother.

The 72-year-old disgraced producer - who is currently in jail for sex crimes and awaiting trial on further similar charges - has accused Bob Weinstein and David Glasser, the Weinstein Company's chief operating officer, tricking him into guaranteeing a $45 million loan to save the business in 2016 but instead syphoned funds from the company for their own personal use before it collapsed.

His lawyer, Imran Ansari, said in a statement: "Harvey Weinstein was deceived by those closest to him and secured a $45m (£35.8m) dollar loan under the pretence of saving The Weinstein Company.

"While Harvey personally guaranteed the loan, others within The Weinstein Company enriched...