The police investigation into an 'online threat' against JK Rowling has now been dropped.
The Harry Potter author shared support for Sir Salman Rushdie after he was stabbed at the Chautauqua Institution. After hearing about the attack on Rushdie on 12 August, Rowling had tweeted: "Feeling very sick right now. Let him be ok."
Rushdie has faced years of threats over his book, The Satanic Verses, which has been banned in Iran since 1988 as many Muslims view it as blasphemous. The author was set to deliver a lecture when he was attacked last month, reports the Mirror.
After tweeting a message of support for Rushdie, Rowling was met with a threatening reply which said: “don’t worry you are next”, as the investigation has now been dropped. The same Twitter account to have messaged the Harry Potter creator also posted messages praising the man who carried out the attack. The tweet, which came from an account in Pakistan, was later removed.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Following a report made to police on Saturday August 13 2022 regarding an online threat, enquiries have been carried out into this matter and it has been established that it was made out with the UK. Enquiries are now complete and there is no further police action at this time.”
This follows Rowling breaking her silence on Twitter after taking a year away from the social media platform following an intense backlash she received surrounding the controversial comments she has made online about the transgender community.
She has also addressed claims she wasn't invited to be included in the Harry Potter movies' 20th anniversary reunion special at the beginning of the year. The reunion, Return To Hogwarts, was released on January 1, and viewers were left surprised as the special failed to feature the author, apart from the inclusion of a number of clips of old archive footage.
Following rumours that Rowling wasn't asked to be a part of the reunion special, the Harry Potter author has now broken her silence after an entire year, insisting she simply declined the invitation to take part alongside the franchise's biggest stars, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint.
Speaking with Graham Norton on Virgin Radio, the author put the speculation to bed when she insisted: "I was asked to be on that and I decided I didn't want to be a part of it.
"It was about the films not the books, quite rightly. That was what the anniversary was about. So no one said don't [do it]… I was asked to do it and I decided not to."
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