Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has reached an undisclosed settlement with a US-based website which has apologised for false reports that she was paid to have sex with top Chinese officials. Zhang shot to stardom after starring in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and has since gone on to appear in several high profile Hollywood movies, including Rush Hour 2 and Memoirs of a Geisha. A short statement on her official Sina Weibo site said: "Nineteen months, and nearly nights and days, is perhaps not very long for a scandal case, but it is long enough to destroy an innocent person's reputation. Boxun, in a front page apology , said it had reported "negative and untrue information" about Zhang, which had been "insupportable and improper". When the rumour first broke that Zhang Ziyi had been paid for sex with top Party officials, the story grabbed headlines around the world. Last year she launched a legal action at the High Court in Hong Kong seeking unspecified libel damages from Next Media over stories in its publications Apple Daily and Next Magazine - and won.