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Brooke Shields has settled with The National Enquirer after two reporters for the tabloid allegedly checked the star’s mother, Teri Shields, out of her nursing home, PEOPLE reported Saturday.

The once-ferocious stage mom, now 75, suffers from dementia and was reportedly found next door at a restaurant in Old Tappan, New Jersey, later that day talking to a reporter.

At the time, Brooke vowed to “take every lawful action against all who were involved or who authorized this despicable act.” However, the former Lipstick Jungle star has agreed to forego litigation with the tab, in exchange for a donation to dementia research — and a letter of apology.

“Two weeks ago, Brooke Shields was forced to make a public disclosure about her mother, Teri Shields’s health, when we learned that Mrs. Shields had been taken out of a care facility by a reporter and photographer working for the National Enquirer and I was told that the National Enquirer was going to print information about her condition and whereabouts,” Gerald B. Lefcourt, Brooke’s attorney, claimed in a statement to the mag.

“I am very pleased to report that [the] National Enquirer was prevailed upon not to publish a story. Further, it has or will be apologizing publicly. Finally, it has agreed to make a generous donation to further research on dementia and to encourage others to do so.”