[lbo-talk] Julian Assange arrested in London

[Wendy Lyon]

It strikes me that it's sort of similar to what sometimes happens in
statutory rape cases. A law is technically broken, but the "victim"
didn't feel victimised at the time. Then her daddy finds out about it
and decides to press charges because he doesn't like the guy. Whether
or not she goes along with the prosecution depends on what's happened
in the relationship since.

On 8 December 2010 21:38, ken hanly <northsunm at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  Here is why Catln's lawyer thinks the case could be difficult and embarrassing
> for Swedish authorities. Your interpretation fits in with the remark of a
> Swedish lawyer that in Sweden only a lawyer can  know if you are raped.
> Interesting that the mainstream media seems uninterested in these details.
>
> ""The phenomena of social networking through the internet and mobile phones
> constrains Swedish authorities from augmenting the evidence against Assange
> because it would look even less credible in the face of tweets by Anna Ardin and
> SMS texts by Sofia Wilén boasting of their respective conquests after the
> “crimes”.
> In the case of Ardin it is clear that she has thrown a party in Assange’s honour
> at her flat after the “crime” and tweeted to her followers that she is with the
> “the world’s coolest smartest people, it’s amazing!”. Go on the internet and see
> for yourself. That Ardin has sought unsuccessfully to delete these exculpatory
> tweets from the public record should be a matter of grave concern. That she has
> published on the internet a guide on how to get revenge on cheating boyfriends
> ever graver. The exact content of Wilén’s mobile phone texts is not yet known
> but their bragging and exculpatory character has been confirmed by Swedish
> prosecutors. Niether Wilén’s nor Ardin’s texts complain of rape. ""
> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/when-it-comes-to-assange-r-pe-case-the-swedes-are-making-it-up-as-they-go-along/
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Wendy Lyon <wendy.lyon at gmail.com>
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Sent: Wed, December 8, 2010 6:15:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Julian Assange arrested in London
>
> On 7 December 2010 22:12, ken hanly <northsunm at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> According to accounts the women gave to the police and friends, they each had
>> consensual sexual encounters with Mr. Assange that became nonconsensual. One
>> woman said that Mr. Assange had ignored her appeals to stop after a condom
>>broke
>
> In the common law, that would be rape (refusing to stop after consent
> has been withdrawn).  I don't know anything about Swedish law though.
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