Sorry, I may have missed the spectacle. All I was aware of was that he flew down, they went through all the standard legal stuff, then he flew back to Mar-a-Lago where he held a press meet/rally.

Was there some special spectacle thing that happened? What was it?

The article made reference to a defemation case she lost against him where she had to pay legal costs, not damages - as anyone would need to pay if they lose a defemation case.

I had a quick look, and it seems to be widely publicised, too, despite it only being settled with the last 24 hours.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca9.325164/gov.uscourts.ca9.325164.60.0.pdf

Date has 4th of aapril.