No need to apologize now! Justin Bieber lawsuit dropped by indie singer Casey Dienel after she claimed his hit Sorry plagiarized her

Published: 07:35 GMT, 19 December 2017 | Updated: 15:44 GMT, 19 December 2017

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It looks like Justin Bieber won't be saying Sorry in court anytime soon.

A 2016 suit accusing the singer of ripping off another artist's vocals has finally been resolved, according to TMZ Monday.

The original plaintiff, indie pop singer Casey Dienel, filed paperwork to dismiss her lawsuit against the Canadian crooner this week, two years after originally accusing the artist of unfairly sampling her tunes.

Drop it like it's hot! A lawsuit against Justin Bieber filed by singer Casey Dienel has been dropped, according to TMZ. In 2016 the singer accussed the Canadian pop star of ripping off one of her songs in his single Sorry

From the looks of the legal filings, Casey and Justin appear to have reached a settlement that keeps both parties out of court.

Dienel sued Bieber after Sorry hit the airwaves in 2016, released as the second single off his album Purpose.

The singer, who's also recorded under the name White Hinterland, claimed the song was eerily similar to her 2014 tune Ring The Bell.

In her original suit, she accused Justin's apology diddy of using the 'unique characteristics of [Ring The Bell's] female vocal riff.'

Bad type of suit: Dienel's suit also included Sorry producer Skrillex (far left) seen above with Bieber and producer/DJ Diplo at the 2016 Grammys

Dienel's suit said Bieber opened the song with an eight-second sample of her tune, adding that it was repeated as many as six times throughout the song.

Although the sounds are strikingly similar, Sorry's producer Skrillex, who was also a defendant in the case, responded to Casey's claim by uploading a video of himself manipulating the vocals of co-writer Julia Michael to achieve the same intro noise.

The song's other co-writers Michaels, Justin Tranter, and Michael Tucker (aka BloodPop) were also named in the suit.

Top of the pops! It's no wonder why Dienel wanted some credit for the song, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the US for eight non-consecutive weeks and garnered a whopping 1billion plays on Spotify. Justin is seen performing in Italy in June 2017 above