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LiberalLovinLug

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33. You be the judge
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 04:26 PM
Mar 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/dec/17/julian-assange-sweden

"We understand that both complainants admit to having initiated consensual sexual relations with Mr Assange. They do not complain of any physical injury. The first complainant did not make a complaint for six days (in which she hosted the respondent in her flat [actually her bed] and spoke in the warmest terms about him to her friends) until she discovered he had spent the night with the other complainant.

"The second complainant, too, failed to complain for several days until she found out about the first complainant: she claimed that after several acts of consensual sexual intercourse, she fell half asleep and thinks that he ejaculated without using a condom – a possibility about which she says they joked afterwards.

"Both complainants say they did not report him to the police for prosecution but only to require him to have an STD test. However, his Swedish lawyer has been shown evidence of their text messages which indicate that they were concerned to obtain money by going to a tabloid newspaper and were motivated by other matters including a desire for revenge."

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But wait, anonymous internet experts have assured us the prosecutor can't do that!! riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #1
This is not good news for Assange hack89 Mar 2015 #2
That is all Assange has asked for! You're presuming his guilt riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #4
The prosecutor has said for years that the interview was the last step before arrest hack89 Mar 2015 #6
You are misunderstanding a basic legal fact of the case--this interview is the due process given in msanthrope Mar 2015 #7
No. I'm not. I know all of that perfectly well. Nt riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #22
It also puts Ecuador in an awkward position.. Although one wonders if Ecuador arranged this to msanthrope Mar 2015 #5
No--no one told you that. The prosecutor was under no obligation to do that. And the only msanthrope Mar 2015 #3
Oh FFS, plenty of DUers said she couldn't go. I'm not rehashing that old argument riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #21
So you advocate him running out the clock rather than msanthrope Mar 2015 #23
I'm not advocating anything. Simply pointing out the logical calculations riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #25
A person in Assange's situtation would get a fair trial. Unfortunately, he's also guilty as Hell... msanthrope Mar 2015 #28
It's already a fact that the prosecutor engaged in serious lies about his case riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #29
Care to cite that? Because the British courts heard Assange's msanthrope Mar 2015 #32
Yes, I seem to recall that line of reasoning. pa28 Mar 2015 #19
Interesting that he did not immediately accept the offer (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #8
Even more interesting they didn't make the offer 3 years ago. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #9
Why would they? After he fled Sweden to avoid his scheduled interview, why would they msanthrope Mar 2015 #16
No. They are alleging it is because the statute of limitations is running out. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #18
Did you even read your whole source?????? msanthrope Mar 2015 #20
Per the BBC, it appears he has accepted LittleBlue Mar 2015 #31
Cheerleading for rapists is sickening. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2015 #10
Alleged. There's been no trial or even charges filed. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #11
Well, no. That happens when a criminal goes on the run... Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2015 #12
He's not an alleged rapist, though....he's already testified that he did the acts listed on the EAW. msanthrope Mar 2015 #14
You be the judge LiberalLovinLug Mar 2015 #33
I think I'll take court evidence over some unverified leak. The EAW stands. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #34
Criminal? Sweden is finally offering to meet with Assange after Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #15
Bail-jumping makes you a criminal. You might dismiss the rape, but he is a bail-jumper. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #17
There is no bail. He left (not fled) with Sweden's permission. Cayenne Mar 2015 #24
Um....you really want to claim there's no bail on Assange? nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #27
The 4 charges, as listed in the EAW, are filed after this interview, in keeping with Swedish law. msanthrope Mar 2015 #13
Well, that wasn't so hard now was it? pa28 Mar 2015 #26
But I was told this could never happen LittleBlue Mar 2015 #30
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