Lawrence Krauss

Lawrence Maxwell Krauss (born May 27, 1954) is a Canadian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist who taught at Arizona State University, Yale University and Case Western Reserve University. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from MIT and is the author of bestselling popular-science books including The Physics of Star Trek (1995) and A Universe from Nothing (2012). He founded Arizona State University’s Origins Project in 2008 and is president of The Origins Project Foundation, established in 2019.

According to The Globe and Mail (Nathan VanderKlippe and Adrian Morrow, November 14, 2025), files released that week by the U.S. House Oversight Committee contained correspondence between Krauss and Jeffrey Epstein. The Globe and Mail reported that in late 2017, while facing sexual-misconduct allegations, Krauss wrote to Epstein “Could use advice” alongside a draft response, and that the paper also documented a 2018 exchange in which Krauss replied to an email about a Women in the World Summit by suggesting “Let’s do a men of the world conference,” listing names including Kevin Spacey, Bill Clinton, Al Franken and Woody Allen. An AOL article republishing USA TODAY/Arizona Republic reporting described the release as roughly 20,000 pages of emails made public by the U.S. House in November 2025, and reported that in August 2017 Epstein solicited legal counsel from Ken Starr regarding how Krauss should handle Arizona State University’s investigation, and that Epstein offered advice when Krauss shared his planned response to a BuzzFeed inquiry in December 2017.

The Globe and Mail reported that Krauss said he had “never hidden the fact that I knew Jeffrey Epstein,” describing their contact as attending “salons with interesting speakers, or scientific meetings,” and disputing that the communications related to the crimes Epstein was accused of in 2019. The AOL article reported that Krauss told the Arizona Republic he had “no memory of” an email in which he was said to have asked about a ride on Epstein’s jet, and denied traveling on Epstein’s plane. Krauss announced his retirement from Arizona State University in 2018.

Is Lawrence Krauss in the Epstein files?

Yes. According to The Globe and Mail and reporting republished by AOL from USA TODAY/Arizona Republic, files released by the U.S. House Oversight Committee in November 2025 include correspondence between Lawrence Krauss and Jeffrey Epstein, including 2017 emails in which Krauss sought Epstein’s advice while facing sexual-misconduct allegations. Krauss has stated he never hid that he knew Epstein and has said the communications did not relate to the crimes Epstein was accused of in 2019.

Being named in the files is not evidence of any crime or wrongdoing. People appear in these documents in many contexts — correspondence, flight logs, contact books, scheduling, photographs, or passing references. See the sources above for the specific, documented context.

Documents

Primary-source records that reference Lawrence Krauss. Inclusion in these documents is not, by itself, evidence of wrongdoing; Krauss has said he never hid that he knew Epstein and that their communications did not relate to the crimes Epstein was accused of in 2019.

• House Oversight Committee — Epstein email correspondence release (Nov. 2025) — The emails released by the House Oversight Committee in November 2025 include correspondence between Krauss and Epstein, among them 2017 messages in which Krauss sought Epstein’s advice while facing sexual-misconduct allegations, as reported by The Globe and Mail.