The line Iām referring to is āif published as is we intend to pursue legal actionā. That is consistent with being fine with him publishing at all, but not consistent with being fine if he decides to not change anything in the post after getting all the facts in a week.
Combining this line with the ones you mentioned gives the impression that the message youāre trying to convey is āwhat Ben has written is false and libellous, we have asked him to wait a week so he can correct his post before publishing, after getting all the facts. If he doesnāt do boththese things, we intend to sueā, and I think itās reasonable for anyone to have interpreted it this way, even if thatās not what you intended.
We tried to make it crystal clear that it was about seeing the evidence first, rather than posting at all.
Hereās the full email.
āImportantly, we are not asking Ben to not publish, just to give until the end of next week to gather and share the evidence we have.ā
The line Iām referring to is āif published as is we intend to pursue legal actionā. That is consistent with being fine with him publishing at all, but not consistent with being fine if he decides to not change anything in the post after getting all the facts in a week.
Combining this line with the ones you mentioned gives the impression that the message youāre trying to convey is āwhat Ben has written is false and libellous, we have asked him to wait a week so he can correct his post before publishing, after getting all the facts. If he doesnāt do both these things, we intend to sueā, and I think itās reasonable for anyone to have interpreted it this way, even if thatās not what you intended.