So I’m going through a dissolution of marriage with my soon to be ex and it’s gotten really ugly. Recently, an old mutual friend of ours reached out to me to vent a little bit about some drama she had with my ex’s cousin. Before the dissolution happened I was aware of ongoing issues between this friend and my ex’s cousin so it wasn’t something out of the blue for me to be suspicious of. Anyways, she reached out to me and mentioned she hadn’t been in contact with my ex or the cousin or anyone on that side in well over a year and a half and that she was done with them because of self respect and all that. Ok no problem. She asked about me and how I was doing and we spoke a bit about the situation regarding the dissolution and I shared some details regarding infidelity on my ex’s part. Nothing I said was a lie and nothing I said can be disproven because I have evidence of it all but it never mattered because the courts won’t accept infidelity as a reason for use towards judgement against parties in a dissolution. However, this friend apparently went to my ex and told her what I had mentioned and my ex’s attorney sent me a cease and desist letter stating she’d take me to court for slander and defamation if I don’t stop. I don’t have an attorney at the moment because I had to fire my previous one for dropping the ball on a few things and I feel that this is just an intimidation tactic on behalf of her attorney. To my understanding defamation is only when something false is portrayed as fact. Should I be alarmed or should I call their bluff? How should I respond to the email from them? I’m working on retaining another attorney but the money isn’t there for it right now so that’s not an option at the moment until I have more money. Thanks in advance.