London, March 24 : Oprah Winfrey has settled a defamation suit filed against her by Nomvuyo Mzamane, the former headmistress of the talk show queen's girls school in South Africa.

It was settled Tuesday, reports people. com.

"The two parties met without their lawyers and are happy that they could resolve this dispute peacefully to their mutual satisfaction," said a statement by attorneys from both sides.

People. com reports that in her lawsuit, Mzamane had claimed Winfrey defamed her in remarks made at the time of a 2007 sex-abuse scandal at the school.

Winfrey later testified in a deposition that she did not intend the implications placed on her statements, while Mzamane testified she had no evidence that Winfrey knowingly made a false statement. (IANS)