he two have not spoken in years, according to Malka. He called Leupp "a deeply disturbed, malicious individual," a characterization Leupp, in an interview with me today, attributed to Malka's attempts to gaslight people over his own behavior.
"It's been a perfect storm of misanthropy and opportunism," said Malka, who described the accusations as "totally ridiculous and baseless."
As for the incident described by Leupp, Malka called it "totally harmonious and consensual."
Malka further criticized Leupp for reportedly taking down her Facebook post, after the allegations began circulating, as evidence she was making the story up or exaggerating certain details of the encounter.
He claims she had "two separate public mental breakdowns" before the trip was over. These breakdowns, insisted Malka, were related to a "history of serious mental illness."
He really isn't helping himself by going on the attack like this, even if every word he was saying were true all this is going to accomplish is further rallying people against him. I have to question the wisdom of speaking to a journalist directly like this rather than through a lawyer. Especially before he's released any kind of official statement that was promised to the community.
It doesn't help Leupp's argument that she entered into a consensual sexual relationship with him after, that will almost certainly be used against her by his supporters (You wouldn't think he had any left but, y'know, the internet), but it doesn't excuse EviLore's actions one bit.