Shannon Beador is washing her hands of John Janssen — for good.
In the evening hours of Thursday, Nov. 21, The Real Housewives of Orange County star, 60, revealed that her ongoing lawsuit with her ex-boyfriend, 62, would finally be settled with a payment of $60,000 in a photo of a wire transfer receipt shared to her Instagram account.
In the receipt, Beador highlighted the amount of $60,000 and drew a red circle around the “purpose of funds” section, which read, “John Janssen settlement in full.”
“ENJOY…” she wrote over the photo in big bold red letters, tagging Janssen and his new fiancée Alexis Bellino’s Instagram handles.
A source tells PEOPLE there was no non-disparagement clause associated with the settlement.
Back in March, Janssen filed a lawsuit against the Bravolebrity after she allegedly failed to pay back the $75,000 he claimed he loaned her for a facelift procedure. In the complaint obtained by PEOPLE, the insurance agent claimed that Beador turned to him for financial support in early 2022, and borrowed $40,000 via wire transfer. Then, on May 20, 2023, he gave her another $35,000 via personal check.
The two eventually settled the lawsuit seven months after the filing on Nov. 19, just one week after both Janssen and Beador requested a jury trial, per a Nov. 7 filing obtained by PEOPLE.
Beador and Janssen dated for three and a half years. He pulled the plug on their romance in November 2022, a week after filming wrapped on season 17 of the hit Bravo series. The two remained friends but stopped speaking in late September, not long after her she was arrested for a DUI.
He’s since moved on, finding love with Beador’s now-costar Bellino. The two met through mutual friends in November 2023. PEOPLE confirmed the two were dating that December, sharing an exclusive photo of them posing arm in arm. The couple eventually got engaged after nine months of dating on Aug. 27.
In parts one and two of the RHOC season 18 reunion, which aired at the beginning of November, Beador explained that after some back-and-forth, she offered Janssen an agreed $70,000 if they signed a mutual non-disparagement agreement.
She claimed he denied her request, which Bellino said was because Janssen felt a need to defend himself given the publicity of the case.
Upon learning of the lawsuit on RHOC, Beador admitted that, “I feel as though I’ve hit rock bottom.”
“It seems like John wants to get me down there further, and I don’t think I can get any lower,” she added.
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