[JillValentine]

Gold-von Simson said she accepted the Irishman's mea culpa. "Absolutely," she said. "It was a sincere apology."

She accepted the guy's apology. That seems to count as 'letting it drop' to me.

[FReepaholic]

...She accepted the guy's apology. That seems to count as 'letting it drop' to me. ...

"Letting it drop", to me, would mean never going to the media about it in the first place. It's easy to be magnanimous and accept an apology after you've scored hit points.