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... [detailed allegations listed] \nAgain, if you wish to comment on or clarify any of these points, please get in touch with us as soon as possible."}, {"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... [detailed response denying allegations, providing context for each incident, emphasizing institutional support and lack of formal findings against him]."}, {"sender": "Peter Aldhous", "recipients": ["Lawrence Krauss"], "timestamp": "On 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. \nThat 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": ["Peter Aldhous"], "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": ["Lawrence Krauss"], "timestamp": "12/12/2017 1:47:22 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."}]