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From: Lawrence Krauss < Sent: Saturday, August 4, 2018 12:27 AM To: Justin Dillon; Courtney Forrest Cc: nancy dahl; Lawrence Krauss Subject: Fwd: Request for comment: ASU determination in incident at Australian conference in November 2016 Importance: High If =his is really a letter to the complainant then doesn't this =iolate confidentiality? I assume he really meant respondent =ere, and misstyped.. but anyway, should I =rite to the Provost with these two letters and ask how the =niversity could do this? Who did it? and point out that it =ow biases the investigation..? This =s pretty serious breach of confidentiality.. a gross violation of my =ights.. What to do now? Begin =orwarded message: From: =/b>Peter Aldhous Subject: =/b>Request for =omment: ASU determination in incident at Australian conference in =ovember 2016 Date: August 3, 2018 at 11:44:15 PM GMT To: qb>lawrence Krauss .c >, Lawrence Krauss <a Cc: =/ Dear =rof Krauss, We understand that Arizona State =niversity has found that you were in breach of its policy ACD 401 (Prohibition Against Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation) over the incident on November 26, 2016. A letter sent to the =omplainant on July 31, 2016, by University Provost Mark Searle, states: "I accept the =inding of OEI (Office of Equity and Inclusion) that Respondent did grab the right breast of the woman in the photograph based on the consistent information provided by the female involved in the incident, two quests at the gala reception and dinner who actually witnessed the incident as it occurred from a distance of 20 feet and 10 to 15 feet, and two other guests who did not witness the incident but who were individually told about the incident." With regard to your explanation =hat your raised your hand to shield your eyes from camera flash, the latter states "I do not find that explanation persuasive against the weight of the evidence from the other witness statements." EFTA_R1_01786269 EFTA02599637 The letter states that ASU provided funding for =our attendance at the meeting concerned though an in-country airfare and per diem reimbursements. It does on to say that your conduct "created an offensive environment for academic pursuits by the unnamed female attendee as well as other conference attendees." Ifrconcludes: "Responsive action will be taken to prevent a recurrence of this conduct." Furthermore, the =omplainant has told us that she requests an apology from you, and for you to withdraw your comments, made to BuzzFeed News and in your 9-page statement, that her original complaint was "fabricated with malicious intent." If you have any comments on =hese developments, please do contact me by email or phone. Sincerely, Peter Aldhous Peter Aldhous, PhD Science reporter I BuzzFeed News Lawrence M. =rauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics =epartment Arizona State University, P.O. Box =71404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Office: Assistant (Jessica): Origins Office (Cynthia) origins.asu.edu 2 EFTA_R1_01786270 EFTA02599638