JK Rowling has threatened a Harry Potter fan with a lawsuit after the individual posted untruths about her household in an obvious assault on the writer’s transgender views.
Rowling stated she could be compelled to take authorized motion if Wizarding Information, a 22-year-old Harry Potter fan web site, doesn’t take away fabricated X messages claiming she has an estranged daughter and grandchild.
“That is unfaithful in all respects, as I think they already know. Mendacity about my youngsters is a brand new low, even by this web site’s subterranean requirements,” Rowling wrote on the positioning previously generally known as Twitter.
“Your vendetta in opposition to me is inflicting collateral injury to harmless folks. If authorized motion is the one approach to shield them, I’ll take it.”
Wizarding Information, which has greater than 37,000 X followers, apparently posted pictures of the individual they claimed was associated to Rowling. The account stated they later deleted the put up.
Rowling stated: “You’re portray a goal on individuals who don’t have any reference to me, who aren’t my kinfolk. You certainly know what you’re doing, however persist. Hate me all you want, however your actions are having actual world penalties for folks I don’t even know.”
Wizarding Information is a staunch critic of Rowling’s views on gender id, describing her as a “small-minded bigot hellbent on denigrating trans folks at each doable alternative.”
Rowling has been in combative temper on X in latest weeks. Earlier this month, Rowling was reported to the police by former Large Brother star India Willoughby, who claimed that she had been repeatedly misgendered by the author. The police didn’t pursue the matter.
