Lawrence Krauss drafts response to BuzzFeed sexual harassment inquiry

From: jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com] Sent: 12/11/2017 11:18:58 AM To: Lawrence Krauss Subject: Re: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment Attachments: DA866543-7401-4A5A-8E50-FD32E33A50EC.png Importance: — High normaly thier strategy will be to take back your defense to the accusers. and attack each one. if they find you are right they will leave out. and only go with the conflicted. I think you should include short concise cover letter. that you would like published in it entirety. it can refence your attacjment that you will put on your web site? . that goes into more details but in general , these are false. they were either investigated and found lacking or ignored. etc. often they throw out the near publishing date merely to get you to ansser. On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 7:53 AM, Lawrence Krauss wrote: a few more minor changes.. one in first line of second paragraph and one misspelling corrected..so you can read this one: Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404 -1404 Research Office EE Assistant Origins Office origins.asu.edu | twitter.com/Ikrauss1 | krauss.faculty.asu.edu RSU Origins... ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY On Dec 10, 2017, at 10:31 PM, Lawrence Krauss 1 ote: Second Draft: | appreciate the opportunity to respond to your email. While | am running the risk that you will report my comments, if you do, either out of context, or incompletely, | am responding with an effort to be complete. It is hard to know how to respond to a list of false and/or distorted allegations, along with misleading statements on your part. | treat people | interact with with respect, and | work hard to support and mentor students, colleagues, and members of the general public. | do not sexually harass people. If the purpose of your reporting is to somehow argue that Universities and other institutions are lax in dealing with well known individuals like myself, then in fact the situation is quite the opposite. My high public profile opens me up to more scrutiny at these institutions, not less, and it also opens me up to a host of outside complaints and allegations that other faculty do not receive, each of which the University has to respond to. The fact that | have remained a professor in all Universities with which | have been associated, in good standing, and also an officer or an invited speaker at organizations like CFI, which have strict harassment policies, is a confirmation of the fact that they trust my behavior. | was asked to be an honorary director of CFI, and invited to their last 3 meetings to speak, specifically because, as they have written me after the fact, the attendees universally appreciated my talks, my courtesy, and graciousness in spending time with the attendees. If the purpose of your report is to impugn my integrity or suggest | have a history of harassment, that too is false. As noted in one of your 'miscellaneous facts’, as a scientist | try and remain skeptical, and rely on empirical evidence, rather than allegations and innuendo. | also try and judge the facts in context. The fact that Universities and other organizations employ me or have me on their boards, or invite me to meetings is because they value my contributions and my actions. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021425