Sean Connery settles golf club lawsuit

Sean Connery has settled a lawsuit with a golf club for an undisclosed sum.

According to papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, the settlement with the exclusive Sherwood Country Club puts an end to a hearing scheduled for next week at which the former Bond star and his golfing pals, actors Craig T Nelson and Joe Pesci were expected to testify.

Connery, 77, sued in May 2006, claiming the club failed to pay him the equity his membership earned in promoting related property deals.

According to the suit, Sir Sean bought a membership in the club for £17,500 in 1990 with the understanding that the club would use his name to promote the sale of luxury properties surrounding its golf course and that he could retrieve the equity at 80% after three years. Sir Sean left the club in 2004.

“Courts usually like settlements, but when we called to tell them about this settlement, they said Connery is one person they would have liked to have seen,” the actor’s lawyer, Daniel Miller, said.