Destiny's Child Settle Libel Case

Two former members of Destiny's Child have settled their lawsuit with the group over the lyrics to the hit song "Survivor".

LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson were suing the act, together with manager Matthew Knowles and Sony Music, claiming the words to the Grammy-winning song were libellous.

The pair quit the girl group in 2000, blaming the powerful influence of Matthew Knowles, lead singer Beyonce Knowles' dad.

They were replaced by Farrah Franklin and Michelle Williams - although Franklin left soon after, leaving Beyonce, Williams and Kelly Rowland to continue as a trio.

LeToya and LaTavia believed "Survivor" violated a previous settlement preventing either party from making "any public comment of a disparaging nature concerning one another".

Their main concern was with the lyrics, "You thought that I'd be stressed without you/ But I'm chillin'/ You thought I wouldn't sell without you/ Sold nine million."

But Beyonce, who co-wrote the track, said the song was not directed at the group's former members but at all the people who had believed Destiny's Child would fail.

Luckett and Roberson had been seeking unspecified damages for breach of contract, defamation, libel and fraud. They had previously failed to persuade a court to stop the group performing the song live.

No details of the settlement have been released, although it is said to have been reached amicably.