I covered the Hawk Tuah token 'scandal' on another website I run and write for, which is presumably how the Hawk Tuah legal team got ahold of my email address.

Yesterday, December 20, I got an email with the subject title, "Statement from Haliey Welch".

When I saw it, I thought they were going to tell me to take the articles down (I've written three), but I was wrong.

The email I got was basically a longer version of the statement Welch put out on her social. And I'm assuming a lot of other 'publishers' received the same email.

Translated and diluted and summarised, Welch is just a patsy.

It could be the truth, or it could be that Welch and legal team are just trying to throw the team behind the $HAWK token under the bus and save face.

My guess, a combination of both.

But the email I got confirms what I suspected.

What they're saying is Welch did not create this project, got a sponsorship fee for putting her face and name on it, had no idea what was going to happen.

My take? Those who 'invest' in a random token associated with an influencer that got famous the way she did shouldn't be surprised to find people aren't exactly sympathetic with their losses.

BUT, a scam is a scam, and just because the people they scammed were probably not the sharpest tool in the shed doesn't make it less of a scam.

Lastly, for Welch, either way, she should've known better.