A surprise witness appeared at Julian Assange's extradition hearing in London today and said he believes he has compelling evidence that the WikiLeaks founder is being framed on sexual assault allegations. Goran Rudling, 59, a retired Swedish businessman and crusader for the reform of Swedish rape laws… said he tracked down tweets he said were posted and then abruptly deleted by Anna Ardin, one of the two accusers, that would seem to run counter to her later claims that Assange pinned her down forcibly during sex and deliberately tore a condom.
"My interest in sexual offense law and reform to ensure better protection under the law for victims led me to follow the Assange case," Rudling said in his official witness statement… "I should add that I am by no means a supporter of WikiLeaks or Julian Assange (I am critical of their work) and I have no liking of Mr. Assange. My only concern has been to… avoid a possible miscarriage of justice." …
Rudling told the court that Ardin sent out several tweets less than 24 hours after her allegedly violent sexual encounter with Assange. In one she asks if anyone is having a crayfish party that night that she and Assange could attend… "The tweets reveal that Ms. Ardin had a high opinion of Mr. Assange and that she very much enjoyed his company while he was staying at her home, and these were posted after the alleged sexual assault." …
AOL News reported exclusively on Friday that one of the witnesses in the investigation, Swedish journalist and photographer Donald Bostrom, said that Ardin told three different versions of what happened between her and Assange. Bostrom said Ardin admitted lying to him and changing her story. Then she told a third version to police, he said.
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