The Daycare That Abused My Autistic Daughter Wants To Sue Me After I Left A Google Review

I F(31) and M(36) have two kids F(4) and M(2), when my daughter was 3 she was in a daycare that has glowing reviews, seemed great and kids seemed happy. And since my daughter is autistic and very limited verbally at the time (cant answer questions) i was worried about putting her anywhere she won’t be safe so i carefully chose this daycare. Well unfortunately i was wrong, when one day my husband went to pick her up and saw her crying with her pants wet and she ran and hugged him and she just wanted to leave. Since she gets meltdown often he thought she was having trouble with transition and since she was rushing him to leave he took her out. Usually she likes to play outside but that day she just wanted to leave so she didnt follow her routine, when he went to buckle her in her seat belt he saw a lot of lines and finger prints on her forearm, he thought it was paint so he try to rub it off but she cried harder and harder and he realized, she was abused. He went in furious demanding answers but my daughter was hysterical terrified she wanted to leave. So he left and we realized her forearm was swollen, she was scratched so deeply that the scratches became like cuts, she had hand prints and some bruises on her legs.

My husband demanded answers and we called children aid(we live in toronto), since she doesnt speak and the staff wont speak they wouldnt charge anyone but the same teacher who was with her at the time of the incident abused 2 kids the day prior (under ages of 2 so they couldnt speak). The aftermath was horrible, my daughter got a white hair from the stress, she panicked about anyone touching her, even us. She didnt want to see any teachers, she panicked if we were close to her daycare street, she even til this day cant hear the word school because she associates it with the daycare even after going to kindergarten. I could go on about how much this still affects her a year later. A staff a year later told me that children aid was called again and more kids were abused. I was done. Even with having a lawyer and trying to get some of expenses paid like occupational therapy and offered not even much to cover it, i wanted to inform the parents because i thought this daycare would be more careful. We were told by staff anyone can get hired, sometimes not even a background check or an experience. so i decided to write a review on google to warn parents. After i wrote it i received an email threatening me with a lawsuit of defamation with a deadline to take it down and i dont want to. Morally i feel obligated to let parents know that their kids might not be safe, especially after knowing few parents who were told their kids are being pinched and they find bruises without any explanations. I used words allegedly for things i was told by ex staff and parents but i didnt use that for things i known happened and was told by children aid’s investigator. Can i really be sued ? I cant afford a lawyer but i dont want to be silenced.