Re: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment
[{"sender": "Peter Aldhous", "recipients": ["Lawrence Krauss"], "timestamp": "Dec 10, 2017, at 6:12 PM", "subject": "Re: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment", "body": "Dr. Krauss:\nAs you know, I'm a reporter for BuzzFeed News who has been investigating sexual misconduct allegations against you. As we've already discussed by email, I'd very much like to interview you about these allegations in detail.\nIn particular, you stated in an email sent on Nov 13 that two universities had investigated an incident (# 6 below). You claimed that \"both Universities independently concluded that the report was unsubstantiated and fabricated with malicious intent.\" We are not aware that either university concluded fabrication or malicious intent, so if you have evidence to support this assertion, we would like to see and discuss it.\nThe story concerns your actions towards students while a professor of physics at Case Western Reserve University, as well as your conduct in non-academic settings as a prominent figure in the skeptics movement."}, {"sender": "Lawrence Krauss", "recipients": ["Peter Aldhous"], "timestamp": "12/11/17 9:18 AM", "subject": "Re: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment", "body": "I appreciate the opportunity to respond to your email. I am currently on a plane until noon pacific time, and then heading to a meeting right after landing, till about 2 pm or so. While I am running the risk that you will report my comments, if you do, either out of context, or incompletely, I am responding with an effort to be complete, as I always try and do with reporters. If you decide to go ahead with a story, which, after reading my responses, I hope you decide is inappropriate, I would like you to quote my responses fully in order not to distort them.\nIt is hard to know how to respond to a list of false and/or distorted allegations, along with misleading statements. I treat people I interact with with respect, and I work hard to support and mentor students, colleagues, and members of the general public, and this is supported by the institutions of which I am a part. I do not sexually harass people."}, {"sender": "Peter Aldhous", "recipients": ["Lawrence Krauss"], "timestamp": "12/11/17 1:00 PM", "subject": "Re: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment", "body": "Dear Dr. Krauss,\nThank you for your responses, which state that the allegations made against you are false and/or distorted. That does raise a question:\nWhy do you think that multiple women, over more than a decade, have separately made accusations against you?\nSincerely,\nPeter Aldhous"}, {"sender": "Peter Aldhous", "recipients": ["Lawrence Krauss"], "timestamp": "Dec 11, 2017, at 5:31 PM", "subject": "Re: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment", "body": "Dear Dr. Krauss,\nApologies for the multiple emails.\nRegarding #1, you say it \"refers to a consensual encounter in my hotel room in 2006 where we mutually decided, in a polite discussion in fact, that taking it any further would not be appropriate, and there were respectful and platonic encounters afterwards.\"\nTo clarify, are you saying that this mutual decision was reached in the hotel room? Or was this discussed subsequently?\nSincerely,\nPeter Aldhous"}, {"sender": "Lawrence Krauss", "recipients": ["?", "jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]"], "timestamp": "Dec 11, 2017, at 6:00 PM", "subject": "Re: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment", "body": "Gee.. I just got out of a meeting and was trying to respond to your last one.. and I am now leaving for a 2 hour drive to a book signing event... I will try and respond to all your emails when I get back home later tonight.. I don't want to rush anything off as I am already late.."}, {"sender": "Lawrence Krauss", "recipients": ["jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]"], "timestamp": "Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 2:47 AM", "subject": "Re: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment", "body": "Is this a reasonable response? Should i even respond? Could use advice.\nMutual decisions about meeting and everything else at the time. I assumed that was clear."}, {"sender": "jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>", "recipients": ["Lawrence Krauss"], "timestamp": "Dec 11, 2017, at 7:09 PM", "subject": "Re: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment", "body": "did You have sex with her ). ? Condom ? Did she take it? I wouldn't respond . My advice is consistent. Off the record"}, {"sender": "Lawrence Krauss", "recipients": ["jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]"], "timestamp": "12/12/2017 2:22:11 AM", "subject": "Re: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment", "body": "No. We didn't have sex. Decided it wasn't a good idea."}]