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Can I Be Sued For Emotional Distress/defamation For A Hate Email/dm?

An organization in my community did something very controversial/harmful and have been publicly criticized for it. I sent their organization's page a hate dm and and email to someone for general inquiries by accident, it's listed under their name on the website, but I meant to send to a different person, one of the heads of the org. I'm worried about it sounding too harsh or death threaty even though it wasn't meant that way. the email was like "when ___(harmful consequences to community) happens, blood is on your hands." I kinda panicked and sent an immediate follow up like "the (head of the org) was wrong for supporting that." the dm to the organization page was pretty tame, basically the same sentiment without the "blood on the hands" stuff, but I unsent it anyways. I'm worried the email puts me at risk because it was to the wrong person and sounds bad, and the email is under a specific person's name so I worry it seems more targeted than if it was just a million different employees checking this email. Also, I don't know if could potentially be defamatory because I'm talking negatively about someone that isn't the person I sent it to. The organization is small but has a lot of $$$ and influence so I'm worried there's more incentive to go after me. I used burner accounts but I'm still paranoid. Yes, I know I'm stupid and I regret doing this. Is there any real chance of legal consequences? Location: NY

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Can I Be Sued For Emotional Distress/defamation For A Hate Email/dm?

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