Twitter users with fewer than 500 followers will not be pursued by Alistair McAlpine, the former U.K. Conservative party treasurer who was wrongly implicated in child-abuse allegations.

Injury-claim firm RMPI, acting for Mr. McAlpine, has issued a statement on his behalf Thursday morning requesting those users should make a voluntary donation of £25 to BBC Children In Need.

In the statement, Mr. McAlpine said: “Whilst I reached a settlement last year with both the BBC and ITV, I would like to now draw this unfortunate episode, forced into my life, to a close … I have requested that my lawyers, RMPI LLP, focus on the action against Sally Bercow and that damages arising from this are donated to a charity of her choice.”

Ms. Bercow is the wife of the U.K. Speaker of the House of Commons who tweeted to her 56,000 followers: “Why is Lord McAlpine trending? *innocent face*”.