Ann Freedman has settled with the De Soles. The case against the gallery continues. "The settlement follows damaging testimony about how much Knoedler and Ms. Freedman earned from the sale of more than 30 fakes that were said to be by Abstract Expressionist masters but were actually painted by an all but unknown Chinese artist in the garage of his Queens home."
UPDATE: "A federal judge told jurors who have been hearing the fraud suit in Manhattan about the settlement and said that they should not speculate about the details or infer anything about the remaining case before them."
UPDATE 2: Jay Grimm on the news: "Freedman has claimed for years now that she too was a victim and that she was delighted that this case is going to trial so as to clear her name. Settling at this juncture does the exact opposite. From my perspective, then, the only logical way of interpreting the settlement is that Ann Freedman caved in because the trial was not going well for her."
