One Twitter user named JJ Welles posted a now-deleted tweet that said Rowling was “a nazi or at least has views that align with them.”
Rowling responded with a threat of legal action in December, “Okey dokey, JJ, we’ll play it your way. Give my regards to your solicitor!”
On Monday, two months after the Nazi accusation, Welles issued a retraction.
“I would like to publicly apologise for a previous Twitter thread where I interacted with JK Rowling on matters relating to the transgender community. I have now removed these tweets and would like to apologise to JK Rowling directly for causing potential upset,” he wrote.