New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- Grammy-winning music executive Antonio "L.A." Reid has reached a confidential settlement with a former record company executive who alleged he sexually assaulted her and damaged her career, legal filings show.

The agreement came on Monday, 12 January, the same day Reid's civil trial was scheduled to begin in a Manhattan federal court, averting what was expected to be a high-profile courtroom battle

The terms of Reid's settlement with Drew Dixon were not made public.

Smiling with her family and lawyers outside court, Dixon said, "I'm excited to get back to making music." She called the litigation an "arduous process." Her mother, former Washington, D.C., Mayor Sharon Pratt, called it an "excruciating journey."

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