Complex sentence: Ahbez protested his innocence, claiming to have "heard the tune in the mist of the California mountains," but later agreed to pay Yablokoff $25,000 in an out-of-court settlement.
Split into simpler sentences: Ahbez protested his innocence, claiming to have "heard the tune in the mist of the California mountains". He later agreed to pay Yablokoff $25,000 in an out-of-court settlement.