You said your lawyer was pro bono and you didn't need to pay fees.
You also said the defendants would pay your fees.
You said you had instructed lawyers - is that possible without arranging how they will be paid?
Now your lawyer might take fees so you need to hang on to those PayPal donations just in case? Have arrangements been made to identify those donations made to the potential legal fees in the event they are not required so that they can be returned? Or will they be kept?
Shouldn't you make an announcement on twitter regarding the legal fee donations so that people can ask for them to be returned if they aren't needed?
Or was there a disclaimer in the original tweet that said "donations will be retained by the owner in the event that they are not required to fund legal action"?
But it's OK, you were open about it. In a tweet you've now deleted.
Where is the transparency and accountability?
Where is the fairness for people who have donated in good faith to fund legal action?
Is there really no protection for people in these cases?