(CNN) -- A woman to woman talk between Oprah Winfrey and the former head of her South African girls school ended with the settlement of a defamation lawsuit against the talk show host, their lawyers said. Lerato Nomvuyo Mzamane sued Winfrey, contending she defamed Mzamane when talking about an abuse scandal at the school she ran in 2007. The case was set for trial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, starting March 29. "The two parties met woman to woman without their lawyers and are happy that they could resolve this dispute peacefully to their mutual satisfaction," the attorneys said in a joint statement Tuesday.
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The talk show host founded a girls leadership school in South Africa in 2007
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Lerato Nomvuyo Mzamane was suspended, later fired after student complaints of abuse
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Mzamane claimed in lawsuit that Oprah Winfrey has defamed her
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The two women meet without their lawyers and agree to settle lawsuit
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