The police officer at the centre of the "plebgate" row has accepted £80,000 in damages from Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell.
A judge ruled last year the MP probably had called PC Toby Rowland, an officer on duty at Downing Street's gates, a "pleb".
Mr Mitchell accepted using bad language but said he had not used that word.
The ex-chief whip has already paid £300,000 in legal costs to the Sun newspaper and the Police Federation.
He lost a high-profile action against News Group Newspapers, publishers of the Sun in November.
A judge said he had reached the "firm conclusion" that Mr Mitchell had used the "politically-toxic" word "pleb" in September 2012 when he was not allowed to cycle through the main Downing Street vehicle gates.
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