The line I’m referring to is “if published as is we intend to pursue legal action”. 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 you’re trying to convey is ‘what 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 doesn’t do boththese things, we intend to sue’, and I think it’s reasonable for anyone to have interpreted it this way, even if that’s not what you intended.
The line I’m referring to is “if published as is we intend to pursue legal action”. 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 you’re trying to convey is ‘what 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 doesn’t do both these things, we intend to sue’, and I think it’s reasonable for anyone to have interpreted it this way, even if that’s not what you intended.