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In reply to the discussion: Gotta Admit... I'm Pretty Baffled By The Split And Depth Of Feeling Re:The Assange/WikiLeaks Story [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)as she had already consented to intercourse and to sleep with him. Further sex on the same occasion that she had consented isn't rape, regardless of whether she fell asleep at some point. That happens all the time between consenting adults, and isn't rape.
The issue of whether he wore a condum is a different matter. That was unethical of him, but it isn't rape. Reckless endangerment, perhaps, if he actually has some sort of STD, but I don't think there's any evidence of that. The State Prosecutor bent the law to go after him, and there is a political agenda behind that.
Sorry, I know you and few others here would like to see Assange swing for his offense of exposing the real crimes of state and powerful men, but we're not going to cheer at the gallows alongside you.