Gerard Butler rides his motorcycle after offering to settle a freak 2017 accident for $5.25 million

Gerard Butler was seen cruising the coastal enclave of Malibu on Saturday, riding his luxury motorcycle five years after surviving a ‘catastrophic’ accident. 

The freak crash occurred in 2017 and almost left the 53-year-old action star paralyzed.

Butler sued the women who allegedly caused him to crash and he recently offered to settle the lawsuit, which he filed in 2019, for $5.25 million.

Undeterred: Gerard Butler, 53, was seen cruising the coastal enclave of Malibu on Saturday, riding his luxury motorcycle five years after surviving a ‘catastrophic’ accident that almost left him paralyzed

Easy Rider: Butler certainly looked the part in a leather biker jacket, beige jeans, brown lace-up boots and black gloves. The A-list Scottish actor donned a black biker helmet when he mounted his sleek gray ride

The 300 star appeared to be enjoying himself over the weekend as he rode with a crew of fellow bikers and stopped at a gas station for refreshments.

Butler certainly looked the part in a leather biker jacket, beige jeans, brown lace-up boots and black gloves. 

The A-list Scottish actor donned a black biker helmet when he mounted his sleek gray ride. 

Gerard’s brown locks of hair were tousled and damp with sweat while his chiseled face sported winter scruff. 

Butler’s biker gang: The 300 star appeared to be enjoying himself over the weekend as he rode with a crew of fellow bikers and stopped at a gas station for refreshments

According to legal documents, the Angel Has Fallen star claims that he was thrown from his motorcycle in October of 2017 after the other driver ‘negligently pulled her vehicle off the curb.’

He alleges that she then ‘cut across lanes of traffic directly in front of him’ in her Mercedes Benz.

The move apparently left Butler no time to hit the brakes so he ended up crashing into the woman’s driver’s side which propelled him off his Triumph motorcycle.

Gerard claims he suffered ‘catastrophic injuries’ as a result of being run off the road and lost millions of dollars during ‘the busiest period’ of his career.

The plaintiff has filed: According to legal documents, the Angel Has Fallen star claimed that he was thrown from his motorcycle in October of 2017 after the other driver ‘negligently pulled her vehicle off the curb’ 

‘It made me really appreciate how precious life is,’ Butler told Entertainment Tonight after the accident, ‘because I could have landed any number of ways that would have taken me out.’ 

The leading man, who will soon be seen in his latest action film Plane, described ‘flying through the air’ and then smashing into the ground.

‘I have five fractures in my right foot alone,’ Gerard said to ET. ‘A bunch of stupid stuff, a torn meniscus, but I’ll be fine.’ 

In the settlement offer, which was obtained by The Blast, Butler reportedly offered to drop the lawsuit in exchange for $5.25 million.

‘I’m lucky to be here,’ the star said during an appearance on The Talk in 2017. ‘I went 33 feet through the air.’

The defendant reportedly has a few weeks to decide if she will take Butler’s offer, but if she refuses, the Machine Gun Preacher star will go to court next month and press for a trial. 

Ready for a trial: Butler recently offered to drop the lawsuit in exchange for $5.25 million. The defendant reportedly has a few weeks to decide if she will take his offer, but if she refuses, the Machine Gun Preacher star will go to court next month and press for a trial