Author JK Rowling will not face police action after a complaint that she ‘mistreated’ transgender India Willoughby was thrown out.
Ms Willoughby, a newsreader and presenter of Loose Women, contacted police on Monday over an online message in which the Harry Potter author called her a man.
A spokesperson for Northumbria Police said: ‘While we appreciate this may have caused concern, the post was assessed and did not meet the criminal justice threshold.’
Ms Willoughby previously claimed Ms Rowling ‘absolutely committed a crime’.
In an interview with Byline TV, she said: “I am legally a woman. She knows I’m a woman, and she calls me a man.’
Rowling will not face police action after complaint that she ‘mistreated’ transgender India Willoughby was thrown out
Ms Willoughby, a newsreader and presenter of Loose Women, contacted police on Monday over an online message in which the Harry Potter author called her a man.
The writer said on X that no law forced her to call the broadcaster a woman.
She also said lawyers had previously advised she could sue Ms Willoughby for ‘defamation’.
In an online conversation about all-female dressing rooms, Ms Rowling said Ms Willoughby was ‘just a man enjoying his misogynistic performance of what he thinks ‘woman’ means: narcissistic, superficial and exhibitionist’.
Ms Willoughby said the comments had sparked a ‘disgusting’ online response.