Lawyers for Armed Forces Brewing Co., the controversial military-themed brewery that closed its Norfolk headquarters earlier this year, sent five critics cease-and-desist letters threatening legal action for comments about the company.
Armed Forces Brewing claims that recipients took part “in a coordinated effort with others to willfully and maliciously injure AFBC’s business, trade and reputation,” according to a copy of the letter provided by AFBC’s attorney Nathan Hernandez.
That includes allegedly publishing defamatory statements, interfering with business relationships and “intimidating AFBC customers” and the brewery’s supporters…