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In reply to the discussion: Swedes Offer to Question Julian Assange in London/NYT [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,682 posts)33. You be the judge
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."
"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
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
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
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
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
He's not an alleged rapist, though....he's already testified that he did the acts listed on the EAW.
msanthrope
Mar 2015
#14
I think I'll take court evidence over some unverified leak. The EAW stands. nt
msanthrope
Mar 2015
#34
Bail-jumping makes you a criminal. You might dismiss the rape, but he is a bail-jumper. nt
msanthrope
Mar 2015
#17