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Lawyer condemns Julian Assange over statement on rape case
Source: The Guardian
Lawyer condemns Julian Assange over statement on rape case
Elisabeth Massi Fritz says Assange’s decision to release statement
detailing his relationship with accuser is ‘unfortunate’
David Crouch in Gothenburg and Esther Addley in London
Wednesday 7 December 2016 18.58 GMT
A lawyer acting for the woman who made rape allegations against Julian Assange has accused him of “violating” her client in the media, after the WikiLeaks founder released a statement detailing answers he gave to Swedish investigators.
Assange on Wednesday thumbed his nose at Swedish officials, who he says have robbed him of his freedom for six years, by releasing the answers he gave to them under questioning at Ecuador’s London embassy last month.
The statement sets out for the first time a detailed account by Assange of his encounter with the woman in August 2010.
Elisabeth Massi Fritz, the lawyer for the accuser, said Assange’s decision to release details of their relationship in the statement was “unfortunate”.
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Elisabeth Massi Fritz says Assange’s decision to release statement
detailing his relationship with accuser is ‘unfortunate’
David Crouch in Gothenburg and Esther Addley in London
Wednesday 7 December 2016 18.58 GMT
A lawyer acting for the woman who made rape allegations against Julian Assange has accused him of “violating” her client in the media, after the WikiLeaks founder released a statement detailing answers he gave to Swedish investigators.
Assange on Wednesday thumbed his nose at Swedish officials, who he says have robbed him of his freedom for six years, by releasing the answers he gave to them under questioning at Ecuador’s London embassy last month.
The statement sets out for the first time a detailed account by Assange of his encounter with the woman in August 2010.
Elisabeth Massi Fritz, the lawyer for the accuser, said Assange’s decision to release details of their relationship in the statement was “unfortunate”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/dec/07/lawyer-condemns-julian-assange-over-statement-on-case
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Related: Julian Assange defies Swedish prosecutors by releasing rape statement (The Guardian)
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