This interpleader action required the trial court to determine who was entitled to receive monies that Sony holds, and will receive in the future, representing proceeds on the distribution of a 1970s movie entitled Force 10 from Navarone. In determining that plaintiff Navarone Productions, N.V was entitled to all monies and to future distributions, the trial court based its findings on a fair interpretation of the evidence ( see Thoreson v Penthouse Intl., 80 NY2d 490, 495), especially in light of appellant's scheme with the interpleaded defendants to defraud Sony into wrongfully paying them by failing to notify Sony that appellant had already received full payment under a settlement agreement ( see generally Pecorella v Greater Buffalo Press, 107 AD2d 1064, 1065). We find that the court did not err in its evidentiary rulings and that the rulings, regardless of their validity, would not have altered the outcome of the case ( see e.g. Vertical Computer Sys., Inc. v Ross Sys., Inc., 59 AD3d 205).
We have considered appellant's other contentions and find them unavailing.