Singer and TV personality Peter Andre has accepted "substantial" damages in the High Court over "offensive" allegations that he was lying in portraying himself as a loving father and husband.
Andre, 36, was present in the London courtroom for a brief hearing before Mr Justice Eady.
His solicitor, Gordon Williams, told the judge that the action related to an article published in July in Now, a weekly celebrity and gossip magazine.
He said it claimed that Andre may have been at fault for two accidents suffered by Harvey, the severely disabled son of his former wife Katie Price, with whom he has two children, Junior and Princess.
Mr Williams told the court: "Separately, Mr Andre was also said to have demanded sick sexual threesomes from his wife, which horrified her and which she did not enjoy, feeling used and like a sex doll.
"As a result, Mr Andre was said to be lying in portraying himself as a loving father and husband."
After the hearing Andre, who declined to reveal the amount of the damages, said he was "pleased" that Now had accepted that the story was untrue.
He added: "I take my responsibilities very seriously. I would never do anything to hurt my children, whom I love very much."
