by Rex Wockner
International News Briefs
Russian reality show contestant Vasily Pechen, who was on Big Brother, and the Web site http://www.Gay.ru have settled a legal case stemming from Gay.ru's having alleged that Pechen is gay and accepted money for sex, according to a report on http://www.GayRussia.ru.
Gay.ru will pay Pechen $5,077 and retract its story, GayRussia.ru said.
Pechen claimed that the reporting and certain photos that accompanied it damaged his career and stressed his mother, contributing to her death. He had originally asked for about $68,000 in damages.
A separate lawsuit against the newspaper Express Gazeta, over its publication of similar information, is ongoing.
