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From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Lawrence Krauss < Monday, February 26, 2018 4:43 PM jeffrey E. Lawrence Krauss Re: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment by Lawrence Krauss Thanks... I am not replying or egging them on.. I =ill speak to Nancy.. I wish in retrospect I had not sent him a =ote using the words "false with malicious intent" as =ou recommended.. I had a piece about that in my long response, =xplaining that I explained to him it was my language not the =nversity's, because their investigations showed the claim was =alse, and I argued that was malicious.. thank you. =nd of course I was never banned from those institutions.. I should make =hat clear in my long response as well.. I believe what you are =eeing is from the usual suspects, but indeed, probably not best to =onfront them any more directly. LMK Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director =Cosmology Initiative Foundation =rofessor School of =arth & Space Exploration and 85287-1404 Research Office: <mailto origins.asu.edu I twitter.comAkraussl Physics Department Arizona=State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ I Assistant (Jessica) Origins Office (Cynthia): > =nbsp; krauss.faculty.asu.edu -Origins Project 10 Year =elebration- Be a part of something 10 years in the making! April 5.9th 2018 — Visit for more info =idiv> On =eb 26, 2018, at 8:37 AM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: LAWRENCE, Im not sure if you have =ecided to commit reputational hari kari. its ok with =e. but these consequences were discussed ad nauseum with =ou. if four or five ASU students decide together to complain = all bets off. . and you are egging them on. EFTA_R1_01655754 EFTA02519521 Melody =ensley "A" (who wishes to remain =nonymous, though I'm almost positive I know who it is) Nora (a student at Case Western) Melanie =homson (who witnessed him grab another woman's breast at a =keptic's conference in Australia, along with Michael Marshall =nd Jo Alabaster. Four former employees of Arizona =tate's Origins Project (anonymously). They include a 19 year =ld undergrad with two witnesses confirming her story of his creepy =ehavior. That's 13 separate people who either =ere the victims or the witnesses of their victimization. They come from =ultiple universities, three different countries, at a variety of events =ver a long period of time. As a result of some of those investigations, =wo institutions — Case Western Reserve University and the =erimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics — banned him from =heir campuses. And both Arizona State University and Australian =ational University said on the record that he lied about what their =nvestigation of those complaints concluded. This is =ot a he said/she said. It's a he said/13 other people said and =hree major educational institutions said. And those aren't the =nly ones. I know of several other people with similar stories who are =fraid to talk about them in public for fear of being attacked just like =he accusers are now being attacked. wrote: On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 11:33 AM, Lawrence =rauss < <mailto thanks.. I don't know about others I will relay this to Nancy. Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The =rigins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology =nitiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space =xploration and Physics Department Arizona State =niversity, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287.1404 Research Office: I Assistant =Jessica): Origins Office (Cynthia): <mailto origins.asu.edu I twitter.com/Ikraussl I krauss.faculty.asu.edu -Origins Project =0 Year Celebration- Be a part of something 10 years in the making! April 5-9th 2018 — Visit for more =nfo <https://www.originsl0year.com/> <image002.png> </=iv> > > 2 EFTA_R1_01655755 EFTA02519522 On Feb 26, 2018, at 8:28 AM, Jeffrey E. [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]» wrote: LAWRENCE !! Since the story broke late last week in Buzzfeed about the =umerous allegations of sexual harassment and creepy behavior by =awrence Krauss, we've been treated to a litany of bad arguments =n his defense, many by his wife, who used a secondary Twitter account to engage people on the =ssue. The arguments are almost uniformly illogical and disingenuous. I propose you write an article debunking =lien abductions using the same argument. these people =idnt know one abother. there are 100 of them. why =hould they lie. . etc. TELL nancy to =top. you are getting into dangerous territory. = this is not a court of law.. facts DO NOT =ake a difference. . as you can see there are now some =thers who have been too afraid to come forward in the article. = you are self inflicting On Mon, =eb 26, 2018 at 10:48 AM, Lawrence Krauss < <mailto > wrote: The correspondence from Ron Lindsey to Peter =ldhous. Lawrence =. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at =SU Foundation =rofessor krauss.faculty.asu.edu harassment by =awrence Krauss School of Earth & Space =xploration and Physics Department Arizona =tate University, P.O. Box =71404, Tempe, AZ =5287-1404 Research Office: , Assistant (Jessica): Origins =ffice (Cynthia): <tel <mailto > =nbsp; origins.asu.edu <http://origins.asu.edu/> I twitter.com/Ikraussl I <DA866543-7401-4A5A-8E50-FD32E33A50EC.png> Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Ronald Lindsay < Date: February 26, 2018 at =:17:07 AM PST To: Subject: Fwd: Fwd: =RGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual 3 EFTA_R1_01655756 EFTA02519523 harassment by Lawrence Krauss My correspondence =ith Aldhous. As usual, read from the bottom up. Forwarded message From: Ronald Lindsay < Date: Mon, =ec 11, 2017 at 7:21 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: URGENT: BuzzFeed =ews inquiry re allegations of sexual To: Peter Aldhous < Dear=Mr. Aldhous, Adam Isaak resigned because I had a public spat with his =irlfriend, Rebecca Watson, who had issued a public call for CFI =mployees to quit. (That dispute is a whole other story, tangential to =our Krauss piece, so I will not get into it here.) Timing is important =ere. The email from Pat was in March. The dispute with Watson started =n mid-May, after which Adam stopped showing up for work. (He said he =as sick & then went on vacation, or vice versa). He then then left =ome time in June. If the Krauss matter "pushed [him] over the edge," =hen he was tenaciously hanging on to the ledge for a few =onths. The =mail from Pat Beauchamp was in the first person and Pat indicated she =as speaking for herself. (I found the email exchange last night; I will =orward it to you.) Adam had never been shy about expressing his =oncerns to me -- he asked for raises, complained about the hosts on the =odcast he was producing etc. The notion that he and Pat were working =ogether but that he decided he could not reveal his participation is =ifficult to credit. I will be traveling to my home this evening. Plan to reach my =ome by 7:45, but if I don't answer right away, please try a bit later. =y number is: Sincerely, R. =indsay On Sun, =ec 10, 2017 at 10:45 PM, Peter Aldhous <mailto > wrote: Dear Mr. =indsay, Thank you for your response, which we will =onsider in detail. Shall we speak at 7.45pm Eastern tomorrow? Do let me =now what number to call. To answer your question, the =FI employee who resigned was Adam Isaak. He told us that he helped =atricia Beauchamp draft an email to you outlining their concerns about =nviting Lawrence Krauss on the 2014 cruise. 4 EFTA_R1_01655757 EFTA02519524 He =xplained that his resignation had a broader context, relating to his =oncerns about sexism and online harassment in the skeptical movement. =ut he said that CFI's continued embrace of Krauss, in the face of =oncerns expressed by staff, was what "pushed me over the edge." Sincerely, Peter Aldhous On 12/10/17 7:27 PM, Ronald =indsay wrote: Dear Mr. =ldhous, Let me note a couple of =hings at the outset. First, I would be happy to speak to you regarding =he allegations in your email. You can reach me at my cell phone number, =hich is However, I am unavailable tomorrow (Monday) =ecause of prior commitments until approximately 7:45 =M. Next, you should know that ='m not an employee of CFI nor do I have any authority to speak =n behalf of CFI. I'm writing to you from my personal email =ccount in part to underscore that point. I do retain a CFI email =ddress in part as a courtesy to me and in part because it serves a =usiness purpose (for example, I still receive occasional emails =ddressed to the president of the organization). Turning to the substance of your allegations, first you should be aware that I take the issue of sexual harassment very =eriously. This is confirmed by the fact that after I was hired by CFI =s its in- house lawyer (a position I held prior to becoming president =nd CEO) I insisted that the organization adopt a comprehensive =ero-tolerance harassment policy covering workplace harassment. =oreover, during the time I was president and CEO we had three separate =tate trainings for the entire staff on sexual harassment issues. In =ddition, where necessary, we did not hesitate to expend significant =esources, including retaining outside investigators, to conduct =erious, detailed inquiries into harassment claims. One such inquiry =ost the organization over $40,000. Therefore, any suggestion that I do =ot personally take harassment claims seriously is amply disconfirmed by =y record. Regarding the alleged =ncident on the 2011 cruise, the first I became aware of it was when Pat =eauchamp, CFI's business manager and the employee responsible =or cruise logistics, wrote to me in 2013 indicating she objected to =nviting Lawrence Krauss on our upcoming Galapagos cruise. I found this =trange, and I responded to her almost immediately asking the reasons =or her objection. She gave two reasons. The first was that Krauss did =ot pay sufficient attention to the guests on the 2011 cruise. I had =eard this concern from one guest myself; on the other hand, I also =eard from several guests that they thought Krauss's =resentations were excellent and a highlight of the cruise. Accordingly, = did not give this concern much weight. The second reason was that Krauss had allegedly asked a =emale guest on the cruise to join him and his partner, apparently for =ome sort of sexual activity (I cannot recall whether Krauss was engaged =r married or just seriously involved with his female companion at the =ime, although they were clearly romantically involved and seemed very =uch in love). This is the first I had heard of this proposition. No =omplaint by the guest or anyone else had been made to me at the time of =he cruise, although I was on the cruise and clearly visible throughout =he cruise. 5 EFTA_R1_01655758 EFTA02519525 I asked Ms. Beauchamp for =ontact information for this guest. I did call the guest and she =ubstantially confirmed what Ms. Beauchamp had said. I apologized on =ehalf of the organization. The guest indicated although she was taken =back by Krauss's proposition at the time, she did not want to =ursue the matter further. I then got in contact with Krauss. Krauss =enied the allegation. In light of the guest's reluctance to =ursue the matter and Krauss's own denial and, importantly, =ecause between the time of the 2011 cruise and the Galapagos cruise we =ad instituted a policy regarding harassment at any CFI event, which covers not =ust employees, but speakers and attendees, I decided to go ahead with =y plan and have Krauss as a speaker on the Galapagos cruise. Krauss was =ully aware of our harassment policy regarding CFI events because we had =ad a discussion about it. Therefore, I expected him to comply with that =olicy on the Galapagos cruise. As far as I know he did, because we =eceived no complaints about his conduct. Nor have we received any =omplaints about his conduct at other events. let me just take a moment to highlight the 2012 policy, which =ou can find in full here, http://www.centerforinquiry.net/blogs/entry/cfis_new_policy_on_hostile_conduct_harassment_at_conferences/ along with the announcement = made explaining the rationale for the policy. This policy was, =ertainly at its time, arguably the strongest any nonprofit organization =ad regarding conduct at its events. Again, this policy shows that any =uggestion that CFI, as an organization, or that I personally took a lax =ttitude regarding harassment is completely without factual =oundation. In your email you mentioned =hat one staffer resigned after I invited Krauss on the Galapagos =ruise. I'm not aware of any staffer resigning because of that. =f you give me a name I could comment on the reasons for the staffer =eaving. Ms. Beauchamp remained an employee of CFI (and went on the =alapagos cruise with Krauss). You mentioned =lso the comments that were made to me in March 2012 by Melody Hensley. =et me give you the background for that. CFI was holding an event prior =o the 2012 Reason Rally in DC. Richard Dawkins, Jessica Alquist, Jamie =askin, and Lawrence Krauss were scheduled to speak at the event. Melody =ensley was heavily involved in the planning for the event and in fact =as tapped to make introductions for the speakers, including Krauss. (At =he time she was in charge of the DC local branch.) During the planning =or the event she gave no indication whatsoever that she had any =esitation about introducing or dealing with Krauss. (I will forward you =ome email correspondence confirming this.) As I recall, Krauss's schedule resulted in his =fanned arrival being a little later than the others. As it turned out, =e was even further delayed. At some point when it became clear that =rauss was going to be late, Hensley turned to me and said, "I =now why Krauss isn't coming; he's embarrassed to see =e." I asked Hensley what she meant by this. She said Krauss had =ade a pass at her several years earlier and she had rebuffed him. I =sked for some details. She said she was in a hotel room with him (I =an't recall whether she said it was Krauss's hotel =oom, but I think it was), and that Krauss tried to kiss her. She pushed =im away and said she wasn't interested. I asked if Krauss =ersisted; she said he did not. Thinking out loud, I believe I said =omething to the effect of 'well, if you want to make a =omplaint you probably can, although I'm not sure our policy at =hat time would cover that.' Ms. Hensley said she was not =nterested in making a formal complaint. Ms. Hensley's statement that I "responded to =er with silence" is absolutely false and I categorically and =nqualifiedly deny it. We talked about her concern, as indicated. Ms. =ensley's recall must be failing her. Given the passage of time (six years), the fact that Hensley =id not want to pursue the matter, the fact that Krauss desisted when =ensley indicated she wasn't interested, the fact that Hensley =idn't even seem very bothered by the incident (as indicated, =he had expressed no hesitation in seeing Krauss), and the fact that we =ad no policy covering conduct by nonemployees back in 2006 (in fact, =FI's zero-tolerance policy covering employees themselves was =ot implemented until 2007, I believe -- I was just hired as the =ttorney in July 2006), I decided not to do any further about this =articular incident. However, the incident, along with observations I =eard at 6 EFTA_R1_01655759 EFTA02519526 the Women in Secularism conference which we held later in the =pring of 2012 (observations which did not mention Krauss, but rather =ome speakers at non-CFI events), was a factor in my thinking about the =eed for a policy covering conduct by invited speakers and guests at CFI =onferences. Ms. Hensley made no other =omplaint to me about Krauss, nor did she ever express to me her belief =hat we should not invite Krauss to events. In closing, let me state that any accusations stating that I =eglected to take harassment complaints seriously are false. =urthermore, I would regard them as a malicious attack on my character =nd my professional reputation. Sincerely, Ronald A. =indsay <mailto harassment by Lawrence Krauss <mailto =awrence Krauss allegations against Lawrence =rauss. Forwarded message From: Ronald Lindsay < Date: Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 9:15 =M Subject: Fwd: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re =negations of sexual To: =orwarded messa e From: Peter Aldhous < Date: Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 8:13 PM Subject: =RGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment by To: Mr. =indsay: I'm a reporter for BuzzFeed News who =as been investigating sexual misconduct The story concerns Krauss's actions =owards students while a professor of physics at Case Western Reserve =niversity, as well as his conduct in non-academic settings as a =rominent figure in the skeptics movement. I am reporting this story =long with two of my colleagues on the science desk, Azeen Ghorayshi and =irginia Hughes. 7 EFTA_R1_01655760 EFTA02519527 Our story is about several allegations of =exual misconduct dating from 2006 to 2016. Our reporting also goes into =ow the various institutions Krauss has been affiliated with — =ase Western, Arizona State University, the Australian National =niversity, the New College of the Humanities and the Center for =nquiry, for which you formerly served as president — have =andled complaints and concerns about his behavior during this time. =/span> Our story is =orroborated by emails, university documents, official complaints, =estimony from victims and witnesses, and interviews with more than two =ozen of Krauss's current and former academic colleagues, =tudents, and peers in the skeptics movement. I am writing to you =ow because you are personally named in the story, and because you had =xecutive responsibility for CFI's actions during the time of =ome of the alleged incidents. I wanted to offer you the =pportunity to comment and/or respond to the main facts we plan to =ublish regarding your involvement as the former head of CFI during this =ime. If you wish to comment on any of these findings, we need to hear =rom you as soon as possible. We are planning on =ublishing our story Tuesday morning US Eastern Time. Based on our =eporting so far, this is what we plan to publish that concerns =ou: One incident involving Krauss =llegedly occurred in May 2011 on a CFI =ruise. Attendees had =/span>paid several thousand dollars to join a cultural =our of the Greek islands, featuring lectures from scientists and =riters, including Krauss. Krauss allegedly =ropositioned a female cruise-goer, who rejected an invitation to join =im and his female companion for sex in their cabin. =/span> No complaint was made, but =he incident was reported to a CFI staffer at the time. =/span> CFI's leadership =ontinued to embrace Krauss, making =im an honorary member of its =oard of directors in December 2011. But at least two =taffers were sufficiently concerned about reports of Krauss's =ehavior that they urged you not to invite him on a 2014 cruise of the Galapagos Islands. =/span> In June 2013, after you =ejected their advice and invited him on the cruise, one of those =taffers resigned. At a conference in March =012, another woman, who at that point was also an employee of CFI, told =ou about an incident in 2006 in which Krauss forcibly kissed and groped =er in a hotel room. According to this woman, after she told you about =his in person, you responded to her with silence. • The woman later =old two other employees in CFI's management about the incident, =nd expressed her discomfort at having Krauss continue to speak at =vents. CFI continued to book Krauss =s a speaker at its events. 8 EFTA_R1_01655761 EFTA02519528 Again, if you wish =o comment on or clarify any of these points, please get in touch with =s as soon as possible. If I do not respond immediately it is because I =m on another call, so please leave the best phone number to reach =ou. Thanks, Peter Aldhous M i<tel Peter Aldhous, PhD Science reporter I BuzzFeed =ews tel: cell: @paldhous www.peteraldhous.com Ronald A. Lindsay Senior =esearch Fellow Center for Inquiry Cell: > <mailto > <mailto > Peter Aldhous, PhD Science reporter I BuzzFeed News tel: cell: @paldhous www.peteraldhous.com 9 EFTA_R1_01655762 EFTA02519529 please note The information contained in this =ommunication is confidential, may be attorney-client =rivileged, may constitute inside information, and is =ntended only for the use of the addressee. It is the =roperty of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure =r copying of this communication or any part thereof is =trictly prohibited and may be unlawful. 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