Prosecutors in the Aurora movie theater shooting case have sent the shooting’s survivors an e-mail clarifying that victims are free to speak with defense attorneys.

The e-mail was required by a court order in which the judge found that a previous prosecution e-mail could have been misinterpreted as suggesting victims shouldn’t talk to the defense.

“It is your choice to decide whether or not you would like to speak with the defense,” attorney Lisa Teesch-Maguire, the prosecution’s victim-outreach specialist, wrote in bold and underlined text in the e-mail.

The message brings to a close — at least for now — a public spat in which both sides are vying for the support from survivors of the shooting and from the loved ones of the 12 slain victims. In addition to the prosecution’s outreach to victims, defense attorneys have sent multiple messages — part of a larger trend in high-profile cases in which attorneys seek to sway victims to their side.

The trial in the case — at which James Holmes could be sentenced to death if convicted of multiple counts of murder — is scheduled to start in December.