For the whitepaper, we made the necessary changes as explained which clears all the allegations and made our mea culpa.
You should have done it in the first place. It wouldn't completely exonerate you, but at least it would show you are a better person.
I evoked legal pursuit because I was advised to do so by our legal team and uniquely on the Fake Team allegations which led to the creation of this thread in the first time.
As I said before, take that legal pursuit threats of yours and shove it up your ass. As for your advisers, maybe they should explain to you the legal repercussions of plagiarism. They ought to understand that copyright laws are absolute and you cannot use someone else's work without quoting and referencing. No matter how much you try to downplay it, it is a fact.