Auburn legend Bo Jackson has abandoned a $21 million judgment awarded to him last year in an extortion and harassment case involving his niece and nephew.

According to court documents obtained by AL.com, Jackson and his attorneys filed a motion in Cobb County (Ga.) Superior Court seeking to vacate the default judgment and permanent injunction as well as a stalking permanent protective order against siblings Thomas Anderson and Erica Anderson Ross. The motion was granted by Judge Jason D. Marbutt on Tuesday.

The 62-year-old Jackson, who grew up in Bessemer and played football and baseball at Auburn before becoming one of the most-recognizable athletes in the world, had filed a complaint in April 2023 against Anderson and Ross, accusing them of “relentless harassment and intimidation.” He was awarded $1 million in compensatory damages, $20 million in punitive damages, plus attorneys’ fees in a default judgment last February.

Anderson and Ross argued that they did not attend the original hearing because they were unaware of it, and found out about the judgment against them through social and traditional media. They have since obtained new counsel, and following mediation, filed a joint motion with Jackson to have the financial component of the ruling wiped away.

“The parties have conducted two mediations and have reached a private agreement resolving this dispute,” Jackson, Anderson and Ross said in the court filing.

Under terms of the new agreement, the Andersons are not to threaten, attempt to threaten or harass or intimidate Jackson or his wife or children and may not come within 500 yards of Jackson. If they attend events such as family reunions or funerals where Jackson or his family are present, they may not have direct contact or conversations.

According to the original lawsuit filed by Jackson through his Marietta, Ga., attorneys, Anderson and Ross — one of whom lives in Cobb County and the other in Texas — attempted to extort $20 million from Jackson in exchange for not publicly disclosing information that would cast him “in a false light” and cause “severe emotional distress.” In addition to his earnings as a professional baseball and football player in the 1980s and 1990s, Jackson was also a well-compensated pitchman for Nike and other companies and has also operated a number of successful businesses over the years.

Jackson also sought a stalking protective order against Anderson and Ross, who he claimed threatened to disrupt an April 2023 charity event in addition to posting potentially damaging claims via social media. According to the lawsuit, Jackson feared for his safety and for that of his family.

Anderson and Ross filed a motion in March to have the judgment dismissed, citing Jackson’s case as “paper thin” and having followed “years of Jackson smearing Thomas’s reputation by falsely telling others that Thomas abuses drugs and assaulted his wife,” according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. They accused their original attorney of lying to them and not ensuring that they received proper notice of the January 2024 hearing.

“Jackson seeks to use his power, fame, and financial resources to intimidate and ultimately silence his niece and nephew,” Anderson and Ross told the court in March 2024, according to the AJC. “The Andersons should not be made destitute because their lawyer lied to them.”

Jackson’s attorney, David Conley, told AL.com that neither he, his firm nor Jackson would have any further comment on the matter.