I think the Prosecutor is being allowed to save face.
You're right. Three years later they reached the settlement that should have been reached the day Limbaugh left rehab.
Prof Seigel says the darnest things: "... if Rush Limbaugh thought he could win the case and be vindicated, he would go to trial. He's not asking for his day in court."
Prosecution agreed that he is not guilty and Rush needs to go to trial to win and to get vindicated!? Is it even possible to go to trial when there is no charge!?
And then AP just goes ahead and presents Seigel's quotes with all the pomp of a king with no clothes... Nice.