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From: Lawrence Krauss Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2018 11:11 PM To: Jeffrey E. Cc: Lawrence Krauss Subject: Fwd: Follow-up sigh.. this is what I am dealing with. although I take =his as good news, since the allegation is so manifestly false and =illy. LMK Begin forwarded message: From: =/b>Lawrence Krauss Subject: =/b>Re: =ollow-up Date: =/b>.lune 21, 2018 at 7:09:51 PM =DT To: =/b>Erin Ellison Cc: Lawrence Krauss Dear Erin: Carla Mahnke Thank you for sending this photo, which =s quite important, for a variety of reasons, so I particularly =ppreciate the opportunity to respond. As is quite clear from the photograph, =his is not a case of photobombing, which involves intruding on someone =lse's selfie or photograph without their knowledge or =ermission. Rather, it appears that these women were both aware =nd happy to have a me take a picture with them, presumably at their =equest, as shown by the fact that the woman in the center has her arm =round me in a friendly way. Second, if I remember our interview =orrectly, I believe Ms. Thompson stated that this photo was =aken after she claims she witnessed me =ouch someone's breast inappropriately. If that is the =ase, then this photo is further evidence that Ms. Thomson's =ccount of the alleged groping incident is not credible, since both seem =uite happy to be posing for a picture with me, without any sign of =eing upset. Quite the contrary. More important, it also demonstrates =nce again that Ms. Thomson distorts and misrepresents her and my =xperiences at that meeting. This is as much an example of =hotobombing as the earlier photograph was an example of groping. =nbsp;It is hard to imagine why this picture would be used to support =ny allegation by Ms. Thomson against me. EFTA_R1_01742859 EFTA02573028 In any case, this provides, in my mind, =xplicit evidence that her post hoc description of events at the time is =istorted, and/or fabricated. Finally, I repeat that 'girl on =irl' action is not something I would generally say, and I have =o memory of saying that. Thanks again for sending this. Lawrence Krauss On Jun =1, 2018, at 2:59 PM, Erin Ellison Hello Dr. =rauss: wrote: As you may recall, during your interview with OEI on April =4, 2018, we discussed an allegation brought forward by Mel Thomson, who =laimed that during the 2016 Australian Skeptics National Convention, =ou photobombed a picture with her and another female (who Mel had just =issed on the cheek) and allegedly made the comment, "girl-on-girl=action". You did not recall the incident, but indicated that =ou could have photobombed a picture. You also explained that =E2404ogirl-on-girl action" is not the kind of thing you would =ay. OEI recently received the picture in question and I want to =ive you the opportunity to review it and respond to the allegation =gain. Please see below and let me know if you have any further =nformation or thoughts. Thank you. Regards, Erin R. Ellison, J.D. Director, Office of Equity & =nclusion Arizona State University <image002.jpg> 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 - Research Office: Assistant (Jessica): = Ori ins Office C nthia : origins.asu.edu krauss.faculty. asu.edu 2 EFTA_R1_01742860 EFTA02573029 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 Univ r P. . Box =71404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Office s Assistant (Jessica): Origins Office (Cynthia) origins.asu.edu I I krauss.faculty.asu.edu 3 EFTA_R1_01742861 EFTA02573030