The legal saga between Gilbert Arenas and ex-wife Laura Govan took a turn in the ball player’s favor this week after a judge ordered her to pay a hefty sum for causing him emotional distress. The judgement stems from a libel lawsuit Arenas filed against Govan, over what he claimed was an email that she purposefully leaked to slander him. In the emails, which would come into the hands of various media outlets, Govan says that Arenas has a sexually transmitted disease.

Back in May, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge struck down Govan’s attempt to have the suit dismissed on an anti-SLAPP motion, claiming it violated her right to free speech. The judge wasn’t buying her grievance, ruling that “the court has deemed that the defendant has admitted that she wrote and disseminated the offending email, that it contained a false accusation about STDs and that defendant’s intent was to publicly embarrass and humiliate plaintiff.”

Arenas had been seeking a judgement in the seven-figure ballpark, but after evaluating Govan’s finances and the weight of Arenas’ claim in the suit, the judge settled on a judgement that will require her to pay him a sum of $110,110.