Re: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment
[{"sender": "Peter Aldhous", "recipients": [], "timestamp": "12/10/17 5:12 PM", "subject": "Re: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment", "body": ""}, {"sender": "Peter Aldhous", "recipients": ["Dr. Krauss"], "timestamp": "Dec 11, 2017, at 9:02 AM", "subject": "Re: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment", "body": "Since sending the note below, we have heard from the Australian National University. They informed us:\n\n\"The characterisation by Professor Krauss that The Australian National University (ANU) found the complaint to be ‘unsubstantiated and fabricated with malicious intent’ is false.\"\n\nThey also told us that you resigned your honorary appointment at ANU on November 3. Can you comment on the reason for your resignation from ANU?\n\nI would welcome the opportunity to discuss this with you. Again, we are planning on publishing our story Tuesday morning, Eastern US Time. Please provide any comments you wish us to consider before then.\n\nSincerely,\n\nPeter Aldhous"}, {"sender": "Lawrence Krauss", "recipients": ["Peter"], "timestamp": "12/11/2017 6:34:49 PM", "subject": "Re: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment", "body": "Hello Peter. Iam currently on a plane. I sent you earlier from the plane an email response to your letter, which IT hope you received. Regarding your note below: My earlier remark to you was based on my correspondence\n\nwith the universities during and after the investigation, and the conclusion I drew from the ANU report, which I quoted for you in my response to your note. The claims made in the allegation which were later demonstrated to be false, or which were then not supported after repeated requests from the University to substantiate the claim,\n\nprovided evidence that the claim was fabricated (as I knew it must be), and therefore maliciously so.\n\nI had been planning on resigning my honorary appointment at ANU before I received the original letter from ANU because my wife had moved to the US several years ago, and I no longer visited the University regularly to work with colleagues there as I did in earlier years. When I received the letter from ANU regarding the complaint, I decided to wait to resign my appointment until the investigation was completed and the complaint was dismissed. After it was, I sent my note of resignation in, and I note that upon its receipt the Dean he suggested I remain on until my appointment expired at the end of this year, but as I had made my decision to resign earlier I felt no need to wait until then. I received a very nice note from the director of the unit I work with (who was made aware of the complaint and its resolution by the Dean) who expressed thanks for my many contributions to the University while there, and my interactions with staff, students, and faculty there.\n\nI hope this clarifies your issues.\n\nLMK"}]