Richie 'reaches deal' with pestering pap

Nicole Richie has banned a paparazzi photographer from coming near her family for five years.

The former 'Simple Life' star - who has two children, two-year-old Harlow and 14-month-old Sparrow with Good Charlotte rocker Joel Madden – has reportedly instructed her attorney Mark Geragos to reach an out of court settlement with photographer Fabricio Luis Mariotto.