The charges against him, which included criminal damage and threatening members of the public, were reduced to a single count of causing affray, to which he pleaded guilty.
In jurisdictions where people can still take an action to court for breach of promise to marry, these are also some of the defences that can be pleaded.
The investigation ended with six of the accused pleading guilty to conspiracy and mail fraud, while the other two pleaded guilty to misprision of felony.