Wait, the people who settled are signatories? Neither are the original women who made allegations against him? The post said "people in my jurisdiction" but it didn't click until now that this meant that he never formally challenged the original allegations. I guess that makes sense with the difficulty if international lawsuits... but still, it means his accusers have never actually been challenged in court.

It appears this was filed in Britain. The UK has famously expansive libel laws that place the burden of proof on the defense.

I wouldn't read much into the settlement.

yeah, that's pretty weird. Why not challenge them?