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From: Lawrence Krauss <I
To: Adam Waldman
Subject: Fwd: interesting bit of uk law that relates
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2018 21:31:19 +0000
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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, Tempe, AZ 85287.1404
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From: Nancy Dahl <I
Subject: interesting bit of uk law that relates
Date: March 9, 2018 at 1:24:36 PM PST
To: Lawrence Krauss czl
Cc:
for investigation.
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From: "Buck McWilliam (via Twitter)" <
Subject: Buck McWilliam (@McwilliamBuck) has sent you a Direct Message on Twitter!
Date: March 9, 2018 at 10:53:02 AM PST
To: Nancy Dahl <
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Buck McWilliam sent you a
Direct Message.
No, I have never heard of that UK
firm. Sorry I don't have any contacts
that would be useful for you. A
named alleged eyewitness to the
alleged Australian grabbing incident
appears to be British: Michael Marsh
(if I recall the name correctly). I am
not a lawyer, but I am adjacent to the
legal profession, so I know a little
about that world (a little knowledge is
a dangerous thing, of course, your
mileage may vary!) I know enough
about British libel law to know that
Lawrence probably has grounds to
sue him personally. Under UK
defamation law, I am pretty sure
Lawrence has a right to his
reputation and to prevail, the
respondent would have to convince
the court that Krauss definitely
grabbed a woman's breast in public.
If he fails to demonstrate the truth of
his allegation in the English court, my
understanding is that Lawrence wins
by default. I suggest you sign up to
some UK defamation law discussion
boards and study the topic carefully.
Don't be too slow to file a claim: time
limits may apply after which too
much time may be found to have
passed for Lawrence to pursue a
claim. If indeed the law is favorable
to Lawrence, a libel action against
the British source might very well
produce a retraction and an apology
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from him. It won't be cheap, but you
may decide that a partial vindication
is enough to justify the cost.
Defending a libel action is rather
costly, and legal aid isn't provided by
the state for defamation cases. So
very few libel actions are defended.
The fact that the woman whose
breast was allegedly grabbed never
even spoke to police (or indeed
anyone) leads me to doubt she'll
travel to London to testify against
Lawrence.
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