Celebrities, activists risk losing Assange bail money
Jun 21, 2012 | REUTERS - Mark Hosenball
The founder of Wikileaks knows how to keep a secret.
Two days before claiming asylum at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, Julian Assange partied with some of his most famous and well-heeled supporters. He did not mention that, in order to avoid extradition to Sweden on sexual-assault charges, he was about to potentially forfeit the bail money they had posted ...
The bail terms were imposed by British courts in December 2010 to allow Assange’s release from a London prison where he had been held pending resolution of a request from Swedish authorities for his extradition for questioning in a sexual misconduct case ...
Tariq Ali, a British writer and political activist, said he was invited to the party but couldn’t attend. The day before, Ali said, he “had a long chat” on the phone with Assange “which, now that I reflect on it, was a long goodbye” ...
Knightley, an Australian author of investigative books about espionage, said he had not put up any cash but had pledged to pay out 20000 pounds in the event Assange breached his court-imposed bail terms — funds he acknowledged he might now have to come up with ...
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