In today’s world of fake news and alternative facts, it is becoming increasingly difficult to tell what is true and what is not. The World Health Organization has identified the overabundance of information, and the rapid spread of (false) information, the infodemic, as one of the most important challenges of our time. Misinformation can often spread unintentionally, leading people to believe something that is not accurate. This research aims to investigate how misleading causal information encountered at different times during an event description affects people's memory of the event. Our first study (N = 50) found a post-event misinformation effect (correct first; incorrect second) with written texts (rather than videos and questions). Unrelated factual information was not affected. In our second study (N = 50), consistent with the continued influence effect, we reversed the order of accurate and misleading causes (incorrect first; correct second). We explored two theoretical accounts: (1) If a recency effect prevails, participants might reject misleading information when later encountering accurate information, and (2) if memory updating plays a greater role, participants might tend to integrate and maintain misleading information into their mental model. Our research stresses the importance of understanding the interplay between recency and memory updating, providing valuable insights into the dynamics of misleading information on memory.