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Extraction Summary
5
People
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Organizations
3
Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes
Document Information
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Journalistic inquiry / request for comment (letter/email)
File Size:
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Summary
This document is a formal request for comment from journalists (including Azeen Ghorayshi and Virginia Hughes) to a prominent physics professor (identifiable as Lawrence Krauss by the biographical details) regarding an upcoming story on sexual misconduct allegations. The text details specific incidents of alleged assault and harassment occurring between 2006 and 2007 at the Center for Inquiry in D.C. and Case Western Reserve University. The document is stamped with a House Oversight footer, indicating it is part of an investigation, likely regarding Jeffrey Epstein's connections to academia.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Recipient (You) | Physics Professor / Prominent figure in skeptics movement |
Subject of sexual misconduct allegations. Affiliated with Case Western, ASU, ANU, etc. (Biographical details match La...
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| Azeen Ghorayshi | Journalist |
Colleague on the science desk reporting the story
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| Virginia Hughes | Journalist |
Colleague on the science desk reporting the story
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| Unnamed Volunteer | Volunteer for CFI D.C. |
Victim in Incident 1 (November 2006)
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| Unnamed Student | Student at Case Western Reserve University |
Victim in Incident 2 (Fall/December 2007)
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Timeline (4 events)
December 2007
Inappropriate conduct during student interview/office visit
Case Western Reserve University (Office)
Recipient
Student
Fall 2007
Inappropriate comments to a student regarding dating
Case Western Reserve University
Recipient
Student
November 2006
Launch event for the new Center for Inquiry
Washington D.C.
Recipient
Volunteer for CFI D.C.
November 2006
Sexual assault incident in hotel room
Washington D.C. hotel
Recipient
Volunteer for CFI D.C.
Locations (3)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
Relationships (3)
Recipient
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Professional
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Center for Inquiry
Honorary member of the board of directors
Professor of physics
colleagues on the science desk
Key Quotes (4)
"both Universities independently concluded that the report was unsubstantiated and fabricated with malicious intent."Source
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"When I was in college I could never get a girl that looked like you."Source
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Quote #2
"I have to go,"Source
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Quote #3
"We are planning on publishing our story Tuesday morning, Eastern US Time."Source
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Quote #4
Full Extracted Text
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In particular, you stated in an email sent on Nov 13 that two universities had investigated an incident (# 6 below). You claimed that “both Universities independently concluded that the report was unsubstantiated and fabricated with malicious intent.” We are not aware that either university concluded fabrication or malicious intent, so if you have evidence to support this assertion, we would like to see and discuss it.
The story concerns your actions towards students while a professor of physics at Case Western Reserve University, as well as your conduct in non-academic settings as a prominent figure in the skeptics movement. I am reporting this story along with two of my colleagues on the science desk, Azeen Ghorayshi and Virginia Hughes.
Our story is about several allegations of sexual misconduct dating from 2006 to 2016 (see full details below). Our reporting also goes into how the various institutions you have been affiliated with — Case Western, Arizona State University, the Australian National University, the New College of the Humanities, and the Center for Inquiry, for which you serve as an honorary member of the board of directors — have handled complaints and concerns about your behavior during this time.
Our story is corroborated by emails, university documents, official complaints, testimony from victims and eyewitnesses, and interviews with more than two dozen of your current and former academic colleagues, students, and peers in the skeptics movement.
I wanted to offer you the opportunity to comment and/or respond to the main facts we plan to publish. If you wish to comment on any of the below findings, we need to hear from you as soon as possible. We are planning on publishing our story Tuesday morning, Eastern US Time.
Based on our reporting, this is what we plan to publish:
Incident 1:
• In November of 2006, at an event launching the new Center for Inquiry in Washington D.C., you met a volunteer for CFI D.C.
• At the event, you asked for her business card. Later, you followed her as she was leaving and asked her if she was “of age.”
• Later, you emailed her to invite her to dinner.
• You planned to dine with her in the restaurant at the Washington D.C. hotel where you were staying.
• You told her to come up to your room first because you needed to finish some work.
• In your hotel room, you seemed in no rush to leave. You ordered a cheese plate, and later champagne, despite her suggestion that you go down to dinner.
• You then made a comment about her eye makeup, getting very close to her face.
• You then lifted her by her arms, and pushed her onto the bed beneath you, forcibly kissing her and trying to pull down the crotch of her tights.
• She struggled to push you off her.
• You said, “When I was in college I could never get a girl that looked like you.”
• When you pulled out a condom, she got out from under you. She said “I have to go,” and rushed out of the room.
Incident 2:
• In an incident that occurred in fall of 2007 while you were a physics professor at Case Western Reserve University, a student tried to talk to you about her plans after graduation. You mentioned to her how tough it must be to have all the other physics majors asking her out on dates.
• In a second incident in December of 2007, while you were still at Case Western, the same student visited your office to interview you for a student science journal. You closed the door behind her, and ignored the questions she had prepared. Then you made a casual comment about taking her out for dinner.
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