A settlement is usually a pretty poor indication of guilt, especially these days in our litigious society.
I one worked a liability claim where Grandma & Grandpa took their pickup to a neighboring town to buy something leaving their 15-yr-old granddaughter alone in the house and their prized Cadillac sitting under the carport outside.
While they're gone, ex-daughter-in-law drops off her 13 yr old daughter & 9 yr old son at the house and drives off. Nobody knew they were coming.
The 13-yr-old found the keys hanging in the kitchen and decided to take the Cadillac for a spin along with her brother. The 15-yr-old objected but got in the car still trying to talk her cousin out of it.
Fast forward the car was crashed into a house and the 9-yr-old was slightly injured. The ex-daughter-in-law sued.
I fought with everything I had to convince the insurance company that this was a clear case of theft/joy riding and the daughter-in-law was entitled to nothing. But because the keys were within reach of the kids, even though they weren't supposed to be there, the insurance company decided it would be cheaper to settle than go through an expensive court trial that they could possibly lose on the whim of a jury.
Innocent people and companies settle all the time just to get something to go away and avoid bad publicity or incur the expense of a trial. Most especially in no fault states where the losing plaintiff does not have to cover the costs of the defendant.
Trump personally or the Trump organization settling a case is certainly no admission or proof of guilt.