UPDATE: Friday March 13, 2015 (10:46 am ET) – The author of the tweet TSN aired regarding Elisha Cuthbert, her Toronto Maple Leafs husband Dion Phaneuf and his teammate Joffrey Lupul has posted a letter of apology on Twitter.

“I posted an inappropriate tweet with the #tradecentre not thinking about the consequences that could occur,”; Anthony Adragna writes. “The tweet included rude, uncalled for, false and hurtful words about Dion Phaneuf, Joffrey Lupul and Elisha Cuthbert. Although this remark was only meant to be seen by a select few, it does not excuse my decision to post this tweet,”; he continues. “I want to tell Dion, Joffrey and Elisha how truly sorry I am. I am also sorry for the trouble and hurt this has caused for others.”;

Tweeting the apology letter to Elisha and Joffrey as Phaneuf isn’t on Twitter, Elisha responded, tweeting:

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UPDATE (Wednesday, Mar. 4, 9:50 a.m.): TSN has formallly apologized to Elisha Cuthbert, husband Dion Phaneuf and his Maple Leafs teammate Joffrey Lupul for allowing a disparaging, slanderous tweet to scroll onscreen.

“Yesterday when TSN was reporting on the NHL trade deadline it displayed a scrolling ticker of tweets from the public,”; said TSN’s lead anchor James Duthie.

“In spite of TSN’s protocols to prevent unfounded and inappropriate tweets from making it to air, a false, and inappropriate tweet was allowed to run. There was no basis for the false allegation made in this tweet.

“TSN unreservedly apologizes to Joffrey Lupul, Dion Phaneuf and Elisha Cuthbert and regrets any embarrassment this unfortunate incident has caused to them.”;

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UPDATE – March 3, 2014, 7:28pm ET: Actress Elisha Cuthbert and Toronto Maple Leafs players Joffrey Lupul and Dion Phaneuf are threatening to sue TSN over the inflammatory tweet it aired Monday.

The law firm Gall Legge Grant and Munroe LLP has sent a letter to the broadcaster, demanding it issue “a formal apology and pay a significant amount of damages to each of our clients for broadcasting a false and defamatory tweet during their trade deadline show yesterday.”

The letter added, “It is bad enough that there are people who spend their time using social media to publish such false and malicious stories, but it is made much worse when a reputable media outlet like TSN gives broad circulation and credibility to these false stories by republishing them as TSN did.”

Lupul, Phaneuf, and Cuthbert have confirmed they will begin legal proceedings if their demands are not immediately met.

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TSN has apologized for airing a tweet about actress Elisha Cuthbert, the wife of Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Dion Phaneuf.

During the network’s NHL trade deadline coverage, a fan’s inflammatory Twitter posting appeared in the crawl at the bottom of the screen. The tweet was an insinuating comment about Elisha and Dion’s teammate, Joffrey Lupul.

TSN quickly took to social media to apologize. “Earlier today, an inappropriate and disrespectful tweet was erroneously aired,” the network wrote on its PR account account. “As soon as it was flagged, we immediately removed it. We’ve reached out to the Toronto Maple Leafs organization and all those impacted to extend our sincerest apologies for our error. It should have never, ever gone to air.”