I somehow doubt that she'd seriously launch an action - unless, as clareprop says, a clear-cut case of libel can be presented.
In TCT's case, given the amount of evidence that had been out there in the public domain, well ...
Threats? .. A possibility - but only as a tool in a pathetic attempt to shut relatively low-key, but annoying, players up.
What really is at stake here are the reputations of various members of the establishment who have, by having been seen to have lent credibility to this fraud, could appear to have somehow implicated themselves.
A legal case would attract unwelcome publicity.
Now, we can't have that, can we?
Nonetheless, I'm pretty sure that the "Due Diligence" and "Plausible Deniability" pages of their respective manuals are being consulted at the moment.
p.s. deefer dog's post, above, is a classic example of the "Modified Stance" that will be adopted by those presently trying to wipe the egg off their faces.
The fact that the high profile that TCT enjoys as a result of the orchestrated deceptions was aided and, (charitably, perhaps unwittingly [ahem], abetteted) by those now trying to hide behind curtains is neither here nor there, is it?
Thus, it's in "everybody that matter's" interests to try to sweep this slightly awkward situation under the carpet.
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