Britney Spears has reached an out of court settlement with paparazzo Ricardo Mendoza, whose foot she ran over with her car in 2007, shortly after she lost custody of her two sons during her much-publicised (and photographed) mental breakdown.
Mendoza launched his lawsuit in May this year, accusing the singer of assault, battery and driving negligently. Following the incident in October 2007, he auctioned off his tyre-marked sock for charity.
Court documents show that a settlement has been reached, although the terms of the deal have not been released. Maybe Britney's lawyers pointed out that if you run up to someone's car with a big group of other photographers and all attempt to take close-up pictures through the windows, you're asking to get your foot run over every now and again, and he just backed down. It's more likely they gave him some money, though.