Financial details of the settlement werent disclosed in the court documents.
This has been a long and hard-fought personal battle, Abdul said.
That is why, like Paula, I am glad to be able to put this behind me.
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I know the truth and that gives me great comfort.
The second assault, she alleged, occurred at his home.
She claimed that she attended believing the dinner to be a professional invitation.
For more than two decades, Paula and I have interacted as dear and entirely platonic friends and colleagues.
Lythgoe was dismissedfrom suit brought by theAll American Girlcontestants back in July.
Today was a good day, he said in a statement at the time.
Weve always said that these claims were meritless and now the court has agreed.
