Story highlights Florida man arrested in UAE for "cyberslander" after Facebook comments

Ryan Pate, 30, was in Florida when he made the remarks

Pate said he regrets calling his employers "backstabbers"

(CNN) An Emirati company has called a legal truce with an American employee who apologized for slamming it on Facebook.

Abu Dhabi-based Global Aerospace Logistics on Tuesday told Ryan Pate's lawyer that it was dropping charges accusing him of cyberslander, Pate told CNN -- ending the danger that he could serve prison time in the Persian Gulf nation.

He had just finished a pretrial appearance before a UAE judge Tuesday when his lawyer called him with the news.

"I was almost home (from the meeting with the judge) when my lawyer called me back to the courthouse. When I got there, he had a big smile on his face," Pate said.

Pate, 30, of Florida, was arrested in the UAE in February after he criticized the aerospace company on Facebook while he was on vacation in the United States.

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