A settlement has

been reached in the divorce trial of former

heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield and

his wife, Janice.

The decision means

that College Park pastor the Rev. Creflo Dollar

will avoid jail for a contempt of court charge he

received after refusing to testify in the case.

Dollar's appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court was

dismissed Thursday, one day before the divorce

settlement was reached.

Terms of the

divorce were confidential.

Janice Holyfield's

attorneys alleged that her husband gave Dollar,

pastor of the 20,000-member World Changers

International, more than $7 million just before

he filed for divorce last spring.

Dollar, who

counseled both Holyfields, said his refusal to

testify was based on pastor-parishioner privilege

and his church's stand against divorce. Judge Ben

Miller had ordered him put in jail until he

answered questions, but that was put on hold by

Dollar's appeal.

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