Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Ten years after leaving office , in January 1983 , Agnew paid the state of Maryland nearly $ 270,000 as a result of a civil suit that stemmed from the bribery allegations .
Simplified: Ten years later , in January 1983 , he paid the state of Maryland almost $ 270,000 as a result of a civil suit that came from the bribery allegations .