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by gribbly 3054 days ago
>He was charged with rape and molestation.

No, he has never been charged, he is wanted for questioning regarding an accusation of rape. Funny is that he was already questioned for that exact accusation BEFORE he left Sweden, then he was told to return for further questioning.

Also the first prosecutor immediately dropped it, then another prosecutor decided to re-open it, which is very unusual.

As for the actual rape accusation: first they had sex, then the woman says she fell asleep and awoke from him entering her, she asked if he was wearing anything (protection) and he said 'only you'. She stated that she was too tired to argue so they had sex.

Next day they joked about him having to pay her student loans should she get pregnant, and naming the kid 'Afghanistan'. He was to go on a meeting in Stockholm so she gave him a ride down to the train station on her bike, and then paid his ticket since he didn't have any swedish currency. Later after talking with friends, she realized that she had been subjected to a crime and went to the police station.

This is the actual rape allegation (in swedish): https://info.publicintelligence.net/AssangeSexAllegations.pd...

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Frankly, the fact that the case was a bit vague and woolly and was initially dropped then reopened after an appeal from the accusers' lawyer, at which point Assange avoided charges by moving jurisdictions is a point in favour of the argument that Assange is considerably more likely to be trying to avoid an awkward trial than the victim of some massive government conspiracy against him.