our reporter nike spicer has more from berlin. >> reporter: it's rich man's justice if not a travestyt's pretty much the reaction of the german press and public to news of the deal. it's $100 million, that is 36 million dollarsless than the prosecution was asking for. however, the biggest-ever such payment in german criminal his history. it means he can walk free, charges against him will be dropped. he was accused of having paid, beginning in 2006, some $44 million to a german banker. the idea was that he paid this money to the banker would choose a company that was bidding for formula 1 shares but had the favor of mr. exelstone. during the month's long trial he said he actually paid that money as hush money to the lawyers, so he wouldn't reveal the state of his tax affairs. as things stand now after a $100 million payout we may never know the truth. >> that's it for this bulletin. but a reminder before you go, you can always keep up to date with all of our news on our website. as you can see it has all of the latest stories being updated constantly. you'll find that at aljazeera.com