<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>Lawrence Krauss &lt;</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:</td><td>Monday, February 26, 2018 5:05 PM</td></tr><tr><td>To:</td><td>jeffrey E.</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Re: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment by Lawrence
Krauss </td></tr></table>

I =ust had a long talk with Nancy about this. thanks.

Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director,=Cosmology Initiative Foundation =rofessor School of =arth & S <u>ace</u> Ex <u>loration and Ph sics Department Arizona=State Universi , P.O. Box</u> 871404, <u>Tem e, AZ</u> > =nbsp; origins.asu.edu I twitter.com/lkraussl I krauss.faculty.asu.edu =elebration-Be -Origins a part Project of something 10 Year 10 years in the making! April 5-9th 2018 — Visit for more info

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On =eb 26, 2018, at 8:58 AM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:

and I am sorry but Nancys =ctions are just as i asked not to do. you =ant win this argument. you must understand =hat. you have lost. now =eep the damge to a minimum. you like to =in i understand. you cant here

<u>On</u> Mon, Feb 26, <u>2018</u> at 11:53 AM, Lawrence Krauss =span dir="ltr" class="">< <mailto > > =rote:

ok.. I understand. My lawyer Adam said he would look =ver this stuff.. Here is what he said:

"Your instincts are right. Let me study =11 the things you sent me.

A lawsuit, which should not be entered into lightly, has =hree special advantages which are 1. It is the reaction someone =ho is truly innocent would do; 2. It stops behavior in its tracks under =dvice of counsel; and 3. The factual background section can be =iewed as a backgrounder for the media. "

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Lawrence M. =rauss
Director, The Origins Project at ASU
Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative
Foundation Professor
School of Earth & Space =xploration and Physics Department
Arizona State =iversity, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
Research Office:  <tel: > = Assistant (Jessica): 
<tel: >
Origins Office (Cynthia):  <tel: >

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On Feb 26, 2018, at 8:49 AM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:

and i was right. in all instancees as if you in your =uttiness decide to file this lawsuit you keep banging on =bout, that sentence will carry the day

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 11:47 =M, Lawrence Krauss < <mailto > > wrote:

yes

but =ou did tell me to write him those words.. but you are correct about =any things..

Lawrence M. =rauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space =xploration and Physics Department Arizona State =niversity, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Office: I <=br class="">Assistant (Jessica): Origins Office (Cynthia):

## thoughts? (cont.)

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On Feb =6, 2018, at 8:46 AM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:

you should wish in retrospect not to have responded at =11.

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 11:43 =M, Lawrence

Krauss< >wrote:

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

(Jessica):

<tel:

Lawrence M. =rauss
Director, The Origins Project at ASU
Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative
Foundation Professor
School of Earth & Space =xploration and Physics Department
Arizona State =iversity, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
Research Office:  <tel:  > | Assistant: 
Origins =ffice (Cynthia):  <tel:  >
origins.asu.edu | twitter.com/lkrauss1 | krauss.faculty.asu.edu

Celebration-Be -Origins a part Project of something 10 Year 10 years in =he making! April 5-9th 2018 — Visit for more info

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On Feb =6, 2018, at 8:37 AM, Jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:

LAWRENCE, Im not sure =f you have decided to commit reputational hari kari. its ok =ith me. 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.

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 =Id 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.

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 11:33 =M, Lawrence Krauss <

wrote:

thanks.. I don't know about others I will =elay this to Nancy.

Lawrence M. =rauss
Director, The Origins Project at ASU
Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative
Foundation Professor
School of Earth & Space =xploration and Physics Department

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## LMK (cont.)

<tel:

Arizona State =iversity, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404
Research Office:  <tel: > | Assistant =Jessica): 
Origins Office (Cynthia):  <tel: >

origins.asu.edu | twitter.com/lkrauss1 | krauss.faculty.asu.edu

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On Feb =6, 2018, at 8:28 AM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:

## LAWRENCE !!

Since =he story broke late last week in Buzzfeed about the numerous =negations of sexual harassment and creepy behavior by Lawrence Krauss, =e've been treated to a litany of bad arguments in his defense, =any by his wife, who used a secondary =witter account to engage people on the issue. The =rguments 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

wrote:

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 10:48 AM, Lawrence Krauss <████████████████████>

The =orrespondence from Ron Lindsey to Peter Aldhous.

Lawrence M. =rauss

Director, The =rigins Project at ASU
Foundation Professor

School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics =epartment
Arizona State =iversity, P.O. Box =71404, Tempe, AZ =5287-1404
Research Office:  <tel:  >, Assistant =Jessica): 

Origins Office =Cynthia):  <tel:  >
 <mailto:  > =nbsp;
origins.asu.edu <http://origins.asu.edu/> | twitter.com/lkrauss1 |

<tel

krauss.faculty.asu.edu

## LAWRENCE !! (cont.)

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Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

From: Ronald Lindsay <██████████████████>
Date: February 26, 2018 at 7:17:07 AM =ST
To: ████████████ <mailto:█████████████████>
Subject: Fwd: Fwd: URGENT: =uzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual

harassment by Lawrence =rauss

My correspondence with Aldhous. As usual, read from the =ottom up.

Forwarded message

From: Ronald =indsay <

Date: Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 7:21AM

Subject: Re: =wd: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual

harassment =y Lawrence Krauss

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: █████████ <tel:(█████████> .

Sincerely,
R. =indsay

## LAWRENCE !! (cont.)

> wrote:

Dear Mr. Lindsay,

Thank you =or your response, which we will consider in detail. Shall we speak at =.45pm Eastern tomorrow? Do let me know what number to call.

To answer your question, the CFI employee who resigned was =dam Isaak. He told us that he helped Patricia Beauchamp draft an email =o you outlining their concerns about inviting Lawrence Krauss on the =014 cruise.

He explained that his resignation had a =roader context, relating to his concerns about sexism and online =arassment in the skeptical movement. But he said that CFI's continued =mbrace of Krauss, in the face of concerns expressed by staff, was what =pushed me over the edge."

Sincerely,

Peter Aldhous

On 12/10/17 7:27 PM, Ronald Lindsay =rote:

Dear Mr. =ldhous,

Let me note a couple of =hings at the outset. First, I would <u>be happy to</u> speak to you regarding =he allegations in your email. You can reach me at my cell phone number, =hich is <tel: > . =owever, I am unavailable tomorrow (Monday) because of prior commitments | =ntil approximately 7:45 PM.

Next, you should =now that I'm not an employee of CFI nor do I have any authority =o speak on behalf of CFI. I'm writing to you from my personal =mail account 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 =hould be aware that I in-house take the lawyer issue (a of position sexual harassment I held prior very to becoming =eriously. president This is confirmed =nd CEO) by I insisted the fact that that the after organization I was hired adopt by CFI a =s its 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.

## LAWRENCE !! (cont.)

Regarding the alleged =ncident on the 2011cruise, 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.

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 just =mployees, but speakers and attendees, I decided to go ahead with my =Ian 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 I made =xplaining the rationale for the policy. This policy was, certainly at =ts time, arguably the strongest any nonprofit organization had =egarding 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

## LAWRENCE !! (cont.)

=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 the Women in Secularism conference which we held later in the =pring of 2012 (observations which did not mention Krauss, but rather some =peakers at non-CFI events), was a factor in my thinking about the need =or 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

Forwarded message From: Ronald =indsay < Date: Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 9:15 PM Subject: =wd: URGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual

harassment =y Lawrence Krauss

To:

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From: Peter =ldhous <blackened out>
Date: Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 8:13 PM
Subject: =RGENT: BuzzFeed News inquiry re allegations of sexual harassment by

=awrence Krauss

To:

## LAWRENCE !! (cont.)

Mr. =indsay:

I'm a reporter =or BuzzFeed News who has been investigating sexual misconduct =negations against Lawrence Krauss.

The story concerns =rauss's actions towards students while a professor of physics =t Case Western Reserve University, as well as his conduct in =on-academic settings as a prominent figure in the skeptics movement. I =m reporting this story along with two of my colleagues on the science =esk, Azeen Ghorayshi and Virginia Hughes.

Our story is about =everal allegations of sexual misconduct dating from 2006 to 2016. Our =eporting also goes into how the various institutions Krauss has been =ffiliated with — Case Western, Arizona State University, the =ustralian National University, the New College of the Humanities and =he Center for Inquiry, for which you formerly served as president —=have handled complaints and concerns about his behavior during this =ime.

Our story is corroborated =y emails, university documents, official complaints, testimony from =ictims and witnesses, and interviews with more than two dozen of =rauss's current and former academic colleagues, students, and =eers in the skeptics movement.

I am writing to you now =ecause 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 reporting so =ar, this is what we plan to publish that concerns you:

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One incident involving =rauss allegedly occurred in May 2011 on a CFI
=ruise.

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Attendees had paid several thousand dollars =o join a cultural tour of
the Greek islands, featuring lectures from =cientists and writers, including Krauss.

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Krauss allegedly =ropositioned a female cruise-goer, who rejected an
invitation to join =im and his female companion for sex in their cabin. =/span>

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No complaint was made, =ut the incident was reported to a CFI staffer
at the time. =/span>

*
CFI's leadership =ontinued to embrace Krauss, making =im an honorary
member of =ts board of directors in December 2011.

*
But at least two staffers =ere sufficiently concerned about reports of
Krauss's behavior =hat they urged you not to invite him on a 2014 cruise of the Galápagos =slands.

## LAWRENCE !! (cont.)

cruise, one of those =taffers resigned.

In June 2013, after you =ejected their advice and invited him on the

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 told two =ther employees in CFI's management about the incident, and =xpressed her discomfort at having Krauss continue to speak at =vents.

•

CFI continued to book =rauss as a speaker at its events.

Again, if you wish to =omment on or clarify any of these points, please get in touch with us =s soon as possible. If I do not respond immediately it is because I am =n another call, so please leave the best phone number to reach =ou.

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<signature> Ronald A. Lindsay

Senior =esearch Fellow

Center for Inquiry

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