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In reply to the discussion: No charges ever pressed: Assange marks three years of UK detention [View all]Major Nikon
(36,925 posts)Assange applied for and was denied a permanent visa to remain in Sweden, so at some point he had no choice but to leave the country. Nothing in your document suggests Assange's lawyer was able to tell him about the 2nd interview request (Assange had already been interviewed by the police in Stockholm less than a month prior to the 2nd request). No arrest warrant was pending against Assange at the time he left the country, nor did he have any reason to suspect one would be as he had already been investigated and cleared by the 1st prosecutor who even went so far to say that no rape happened and terminated the investigation. Your own document shows that Assange lawyers tried to arrange his return to Sweden for a 2nd interview just a few days after the 2nd prosecutor's request (not demand) for a 2nd interview for which the 2nd prosecutor rejected. The idea that he fled anything is more than a bit disingenuous. He left the country legally, had permission to do so, was under no threat of an arrest warrant, and even offered to return less than two weeks after his departure. Furthermore the 'evidence' against him is ridiculous. The first woman claims to have been molested by Assange, yet threw a party for him the next day and continued to allow him to stay in her apartment. When asked for evidence she provided a rubber that had never been used and contained not even a spec of DNA, his or hers. Does this sound like the actions of someone who has been sexually assaulted? She also authored a blog post detailing how to get revenge against someone who dumps you, and later deleted it. The 2nd woman never signed any statement saying she was asleep, and sent text messages and emails to others specifically saying she wasn't asleep. In the 2nd hand account of her statement (which she never signed) even shows that she and Assange were joking with each other while having sex during the incident in which the prosecutor claims is rape. Her own brother said she never intended to file rape charges against him and the reason why she went to the police station was to try and get Assange to take an HIV test.