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Celerity

(43,420 posts)
Thu Apr 11, 2019, 09:37 AM Apr 2019

Julian Assange rape accuser demands Swedish prosecutors reopen sex crimes case

Sweden dropped the charges in 2017 against the Wikileaks founder who was this morning arrested in London after being dragged out of exile from the Ecuadorian embassy

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8840439/julian-assange-rape-accuser-demands-swedish-prosecutors-reopen-sex-crimes-case-against-wikileaks-chief/

ONE of Julian Assange's rape accusers has today demanded Swedish prosecutors re-open the sex assault case against him. Sweden dropped the charges in 2017 against the Wikileaks founder who was this morning arrested in London after being dragged out of exile from the Ecuadorian embassy.

The lawyer of one of the accusers said she hopes the Swedish preliminary investigation against Assange will resume.

Elisabeth Massi Fritz said: "My client and I have just received the news that Assange has been arrested.

“That what we have been waiting for and hoping for almost seven years now, of course, comes as a shock to my client.

“We will do everything we can to ensure that the prosecutors resume the Swedish preliminary investigation so that Assange can be extradited to Sweden and prosecuted for rape.”

In August 2010, an arrest warrant was issued for Assange for two separate allegations - one of rape and one of molestation - after he visited Sweden.

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Julian Assange rape accuser demands Swedish prosecutors reopen sex crimes case (Original Post) Celerity Apr 2019 OP
Does anyone remember seeing ScratchCat Apr 2019 #1
Swedish prison vs US or UK prisons, GemDigger Apr 2019 #2

ScratchCat

(1,990 posts)
1. Does anyone remember seeing
Thu Apr 11, 2019, 10:51 AM
Apr 2019

Singer/Activist Graham Nash on Keith Olderman's show(I believe it was Olberman) back in 2010 opining that he was sure that Karl Rove was behind this allegation? He said Rove and the Swedish Premiere were known friends and this was too convenient given what WikiLeaks had exposed about the Bush Admin. Just food for thought....

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)
2. Swedish prison vs US or UK prisons,
Thu Apr 11, 2019, 11:38 AM
Apr 2019

He would rather the rape charge and Swedish prison than espionage and American prisons. The man is a big mouthed, no balled, coward.

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