"The accusations of abuse were made by a singular disgruntled student," said Minister Fudge, "who has brought this accusation forward in response to being assigned a detention by Professor Umbridge. This is a clear attempt by that individual to try and weasel out of their punishment, by unfairly targeting the reputation of a member of staff and taking advantage of the novelty of her new position. The Ministry take such pernicious and litigious accusations very seriously, but until this matter has been resolved by the Ministry’s legal team, I am unprepared to comment further, other than to place my full support behind Dolores in this matter."