Sweden’s deputy director of public prosecutions, Eva-Marie Persson, said of the decision, “The evidence is not strong enough to form the basis of an indictment. In such a situation, the preliminary investigation should be discontinued, and that is what has happened.”
The allegations date back to 2010, when two women accused Assange of sexually assaulting them during separate encounters. Both women shared similar stories of encounters that began consensually but allegedly turned into coercive and even violent experiences. Assange was ultimately hit with: Unlawful coercion, two counts of sexual molestation and rape. Assange denied any wrongdoing.
After Assange was questioned by police, he left Sweden for the United Kingdom, with Swedish prosecutors claiming Assange fled after his lawyers were told his client was set to be arrested. Over the next two years he fought extradition to Sweden, but was eventually forced to seek asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. The
would also underpin the international conflicts surrounding WikiLeaks, with Assange at one point suggesting the accusations were part of a U.S. conspiracy to destroy WikiLeaks, and his lawyer calling the alleged victims “honey pots.”
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