Police in Sweden say theyre dropping the sexual assault charges against Julian Assange, not because he didnt do ita question of fact that will never be answeredbut because he successfully holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London long enough that the statute of limitations has expired. <\/p>\n
(Assange has been accused of coercing two Swedish women into unprotected sex in 2010; Swedish authorities say he purposely tore the condom he was using with at least one of the women. Assange says its all an elaborate honeypot to lure him to Sweden so he can be extradited to the U.S. to stand trial on espionage charges linked documents published on Wikileaks. I say, why cant it be both?) <\/p>\n
Anyway, Assange took the news well, bombastically speaking, via CNN: <\/p>\n
On Thursday, Assange reacted to the news by lashing out at Swedish prosecutors over his legal troubles. I am extremely disappointed, he said in a statement. There was no need for any of this. I am an innocent man. I havent even been charged. <\/p>\n
But despite his technical victory, the flaxen secret-leaker cant leave his diplomatic Swedish rape bunker just yetaccording to CNN, the still-pending rape charges against him wont expire until 2020.<\/p>\n
Still, he seems to be making do.http:\/\/gawker.com\/did-julian-ass<\/a>... <\/p>\n Contact the author at gabrielle@gawker.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n