For those interested, here is Dawn and Sonya’s very first email exchange about the kidney story, in chronological order
1/ June 30, 2016: Dawn reaches out to Sonya, tries to ask about the kidney story as casually as possible
2/ July 2: Sonya confides to her friend and fellow Chunky Monkey Whitney Scharer that Dawn Dorland has found out about the kidney story
"Haven’t written back yet. 😁" says Sonya. "I must say that I feel my guilt wearing off, though"
3/ July 11: Sonya finally replies to Dawn
"Ah, it’s good to hear from you"
4/ same day, July 11: Dawn replies
"I admit, I was a little surprised to hear you’d been working on something like that since we’re friends and you hadn’t mentioned it"
5/ July 12: Sonya responds
"my memory is that I did indeed join the FB group; either way, I want to emphasize that my story is not about you"
6/ same day, July 12: Dawn responds
"Putting yourself in my shoes… […] …would that feel great to you? Upstanding? Exploitative?"
7/ July 15: Sonya scrambles to bury to part of her short story that includes verbatim plagiarism of Dawn letter
8/ same day, July 15: Sonya to Dawn
"But if you have indeed been wondering about my support, I can totally see how my 'silence' could make you feel that something is 'off.' That is certainly not my intent."
9/ same day, July 15: Dawn to Sonya
"Though you have consistently reverted to art as a defense, I have stressed that this interaction has upset me *as a friend*."
10/ July 19: Dawn giving a heads-up to Sonya about something that went down on Facebook
It appears that some of Sonya’s friends came after Dawn for expressing her frustrations publicly. "Sari" is likely Sari Boren, who a few months earlier trashed Dawn in DMs w/ Sonya
11/ July 20: Dawn follows up
"I’m ready to let this go, but I need to hear from you in order to mend this - it’s another small courtesy that I seek."
12/ July 21: Sonya responds
"I have told you that I support you repeatedly, and that I think so highly of you, and yet you say you’re still not feeling it."
13/ same day, July 21: Dawn to Sonya
"I am so relieved to get this message! I really hope that we can remain friends. Your email gives me confidence that we can."
14/ August 16: Sonya finally replies to Dawn
"Ah--I’m glad to say I feel such relief as well."
/END
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In short:
- Larson gets lawyer involved in June 2018
- Lawyer tries to pressure Dorland into handing over the emails she sent to the BBF
- Dorland refuses to negotiate with Larson's lawyer without representation. She hires her own legal counsel. AS ONE SHOULD in such a situation.
Here is the link to Larson's original complaint, where she/her counsel ACKNOWLEDGES SHE GOT LAWYERS INVOLVED FIRST
What's most incredible, the author of the LitHub article LINKS TO THIS DOCUMENT
Imagine being a friend and work colleague of Sonya's, and a one-time instructor of Dawn's, and feeling like it's okay for you to publicly opine on this fiasco
thread on GrubStreet’s egregious dereliction of duty in failing to properly investigate Dawn Dorland’s extremely valid HR complaint against their employee, Sonya Larson