'Extra' Host Maria Menounos ends up victorious in a defamation lawsuit with celebrity stylist Lindsay Albanese

Host of Extra and previously of Access Hollywood, Maria Menounos, has gone back and forth in a lawsuit with ex-stylist Lindsay Albanese, but it appears that the storm has finally settled.

The whole situation started June 3, 2011 at an event at the MTV Gift Suite at the W Hotel in Hollywood when Menounos apparently said to Albanese, "Dolce & Gabbana won't lend to me anymore because they said you never returned anything."

After that, Albanese was unhappy, and ended up legally approaching the situation because that statement discredited her ethics in front of others in the industry. Menounos tried to defeat the claims by appealing to California's anti-SLAPP statute, which provides a quick out from frivolous litigation in instances of a defendant's First Amendment rights being threatened. That didn't end up working in her favor.

But the whole fiasco has come to a close it seems (a reminder for everyone in the public eye to watch what they say). The Hollywood Reporter released the settlement agreement:

"Through two subpoenas issued by Menounos' counsel to NBC and the Beverly Hills police department, Menounos has come into the possession of the following documents: (1) police records relating to Albanese's grand theft conviction in 2000, and (2) documents from NBC relating to Albanese's employment and various theft allegations made against Albanese which ultimately led to her termination from NBC (the "Subpoena Documents"). Albanese maintains that she was not terminated from NBC for theft."

So Menounos isn't going to pay Albanese anything.

"This was a ridiculous lawsuit that never should have been filed from the beginning," said Bryan Freedman, the attorney from Freedman & Taitelman who represented Menounos. "The evidence obtained in the case unequivocally showed that this case was, at best, frivolous. In over 22 years of practicing law, I have rarely seen a plaintiff so abruptly abandon her entire case in exchange for absolutely nothing in return."