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Title: Lawyers cry foul over leak of Julian Assange sex-case papers
Post by: thundley4 on December 19, 2010, 08:36:57 AM
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Incriminating police files were published in the British newspaper that has used him as its source for hundreds of leaked US embassy cables.

In a move that surprised many of Mr Assange's closest supporters on Saturday, The Guardian newspaper published previously unseen police documents that accused Mr Assange in graphic detail of sexually assaulting two Swedish women. One witness is said to have stated: "Not only had it been the world's worst screw, it had also been violent."

Bjorn Hurtig, Mr Assange's Swedish lawyer, said he would lodge a formal complaint to the authorities and ask them to investigate how such sensitive police material leaked into the public domain. "It is with great concern that I hear about this because it puts Julian and his defence in a bad position," he told a colleague.



"I do not like the idea that Julian may be forced into a trial in the media. And I feel especially concerned that he will be presented with the evidence in his own language for the first time when reading the newspaper. I do not know who has given these documents to the media, but the purpose can only be one thing - trying to make Julian look bad."

Mr Assange is facing criminal allegations in Sweden over claims by two women that he sexually assaulted them while he was in the country earlier this year.
  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/lawyers-cry-foul-over-leak-of-julian-assange-sex-case-papers/story-e6frg6so-1225973548657

Sauce for the goose and all that. 
Title: Re: Lawyers cry foul over leak of Julian Assange sex-case papers
Post by: NHSparky on December 19, 2010, 08:45:40 AM
Sounds like someone has a bit of a hypocrisy issue here.
Title: Re: Lawyers cry foul over leak of Julian Assange sex-case papers
Post by: Freeper on December 19, 2010, 09:45:51 AM
:nelson:

You reap what sow and all that.

Title: Re: Lawyers cry foul over leak of Julian Assange sex-case papers
Post by: mamacags on December 19, 2010, 10:27:08 AM
I snorted coffee and chocolate out my nose! :lmao:
Title: Re: Lawyers cry foul over leak of Julian Assange sex-case papers
Post by: Airwolf on December 19, 2010, 01:20:41 PM
Sucks to be ASSmange when its his turn to roast on the spit.
Title: Re: Lawyers cry foul over leak of Julian Assange sex-case papers
Post by: dandi on December 21, 2010, 07:20:08 PM
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Title: Re: Lawyers cry foul over leak of Julian Assange sex-case papers
Post by: bijou on December 22, 2010, 07:20:13 AM
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An Oslo-based newspaper reportedly has become the only medium in the world that’s secured unlimited access to more than 250,000 documents initially leaked to the non-profit organization WikiLeaks. The leak from WikiLeaks seems to have spoiled the organization’s strategy to retain control over the vast array of classified material mostly originating from US embassies around the globe.
LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves legal papers as he leaves The High Court on December 16, 2010 in London, England. Julian Assange has been released after being granted bail by the High Court. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Newspaper Aftenposten has earlier disclosed that it had gained access to all the WikiLeaks documents that started being made public last month. ...
http://www.newsinenglish.no/2010/12/22/wikileaks-experiences-leak-itself/
:haha:
Title: Re: Lawyers cry foul over leak of Julian Assange sex-case papers
Post by: JohnnyReb on December 22, 2010, 07:35:57 AM
Wikileaks springs a leak...police rape charges/info gets leaked... and the leaker, Assange, complains..... :lmao: :lmao:

If this wasn't so serious, it would be comical.
Title: Re: Lawyers cry foul over leak of Julian Assange sex-case papers
Post by: Thor on December 22, 2010, 10:05:24 AM
Sorry, Bijou, Thundley beat you to it on the wikileaks owners leaks.
Title: Re: Lawyers cry foul over leak of Julian Assange sex-case papers
Post by: bijou on December 22, 2010, 10:13:49 AM
Sorry, Bijou, Thundley beat you to it on the wikileaks owners leaks.
It's a different story. Mine is about the actual stuff Wikileaks was given now being in the hands of a newspaper rather than leaks about Assange.
Title: Re: Lawyers cry foul over leak of Julian Assange sex-case papers
Post by: thundley4 on December 22, 2010, 12:38:07 PM
It's a different story. Mine is about the actual stuff Wikileaks was given now being in the hands of a newspaper rather than leaks about Assange.

Yep. Two different stories.