A suspended SNP MP could face legal action from Harry Potter author JK Rowling after the pair became embroiled in a row on Twitter.
Glasgow East MP Natalie McGarry accused Rowling of defending trolls who post misogynistic tweets online on Thursday night.
She claimed the writer had "tweeted support" for a user called Brian Spanner.
Ms McGarry said it made her regret queuing up to buy Rowling's books.
But her comments provoked an angry response from Rowling who replied: "You aren't some random hater, Natalie. You're an elected politician and you've accused me of supporting abuse and misogyny."
She asked Ms McGarry to provide some evidence for her comments and to apologise.
Ms McGarry accused Rowling of "bullying her" and did apologise.
However, she then retweeted another users image, which appeared to have been altered, to suggest she had said "you're a good man" to Brian Spanner after he wrote an abusive tweet.
Rowling said her response actually followed a donation he made to her children's charity Lumos.
"This 'proof' is cut and pasted. I assume you want to retract the apology you made 3 mins ago?," she wrote.
.@NatalieMcGarry You don't appear to understand how Twitter or defamation works. I'm going to help you out with the latter.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 28, 2016
She then hinted that she is considering legal action against the MP, tweeting: "You don't appear to understand how Twitter or defamation works. I'm going to help you out with the latter."
Rowling told another user she would give all of the damages to Lumos.
The Scottish MP has now made her Twitter account private.
Ms McGarry had the SNP whip withdrawn in November after she was named in a police investigation into allegations of missing donations from the campaign group Women for Independence.
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