Sex, Lies and Julian Assange (2012) | Four Corners
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- When Julian Assange arrived in Sweden in August 2010 he was greeted like a conquering hero.
But within weeks there was a warrant out for his arrest and he was being investigated for rape and sexual molestation.
Until recently he was taking sanctuary in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, arguing he won't receive justice if he's taken to Sweden and that US authorities are building a case for his extradition.
In this program from 2012, Four Corners reporter Andrew Fowler examines in detail what happened in those crucial weeks while Julian Assange was in Sweden. What was the nature of his relationship with the two women who claim he assaulted them? And what did they tell police that led the authorities to seek his arrest?
Both Assange and his supporters believe the attempt by authorities to force his return to Sweden is simply the first step in a plan to see him extradited to the United States.
Four Corners looks at claims the United States is working hard to unearth evidence that would lead to a charge of "conspiracy to commit espionage" being made against Assange - which in turn would be used in his extradition from Sweden.
The program also documents the harassment experienced by Assange's supporters across the globe - including his Australian lawyer - and the FBI's attempts to convince some to give evidence against him.
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As a Swede living in Australia, I am so disgusted with both countries becoming proxy states of the U.S.
You are not 'part of US State', you part of 'luciferian internationalist state'. Keep investigating Roy, and you will understand the play. (Use duckduckgo and bitchute, instead of google and youtube; the latter two are under control of the international luciferians).
I'm an American living in America and this thing makes me want to vomit on Obama and Hillary's face then make the lick it, they and thier Deep State FBI scoundrels are the true swampers
I’m an American, living in.......America; and I too am sickened by what they have done to Asange. He is a hero in my book and I just wish everyone would leave the poor guy alone. It makes me so angry knowing that the crooks he has ratted out in America have never been held accountable, yet the guy who tells the truth is the one treated and hunted like a criminal. Free Asange!! Lock up the crooks!!
Yes swedes love to kiss US arse.. but now they have a difficult time with trump as president
Ingrid Åkerblom : Assange’s enemy isn’t President Trump. My bet is President Trump has a plan - he plays 5D chess. He takes ALL the heat from The Deep State AND FAKE NEWS MEDIA. Only later, we will see the truth and the plan. President Trump has always been right.
Poor Julian in Belmarsh Prison in U.K, whist Prince Andrew escapes justice. US Justice Department you can’t unring the bell, you deserve to investigate the soldiers who killed unarmed citizens. That is real injustice in this case
all these more or less secret American governmental bodies have been rogue all the time.
But hey, the US Army says 'no wrongdoing was found' mowing down those guys in the street with sadistic cruelty. Those killer pilots are free and never faced charges.
to keep a non violent human locked up like that for such a long time...................... we are truly living in the dark ages once again............ no one should lose their freedom for non violent crimes......
He gets prosecuted but not the people that committed the war crimes. What a shame
FREE Julian Assange!
False accusations against honest Julian Assange.
I find it incredible that when somebody exposes crime and corruption, they are treated as a criminal, while those exposed walk free.
I used to think David Icke was a stone cold nut...shape shifting reptiles and all.......but I see history shows the truth is often viontly rejected when it is first exposed
We should stay support them always and ever ;)
Notice the color coding of people - now go out and look on your mail box - if there is a red dot - your done.
@@robertgraham3576 dude i swear that rocked me lol brb gotta check house all over im not kidding !!
Drenai Saga
Yupp... Epstein is PERFECT EXAMPLE
What can we do to help Julian? A true hero verses a criminal government.
at least three criminal governments USA UK and little sneaky Sweden
Whether your high profile or not
It's my opinion that Australia has a poor history/track record of offering consular help to Australian's who are in difficulty abroad & Assange is no different & that's terrible!.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
you can send him money to support him. Have a feeling his previous supporter gave up on him.
Down tools, stay at home and bring the country to a halt.
. Julian Assange is an honest reporter. More power to Julian Assange. God blessed and protect Julian Assange against the corrupt establishment.
The thing people forget is that he leaked nothing he simply published them
True! He basically revealed truth..what actually happened, by appointed/nominated people in trusted positions up the people echelons esp of reputable governments..but no, he "leaked" information..I do not believe and think that in life, every information will obviously be made public..or will be publicised..the timing is ofcourse, that you'll see it whilst alive, or after you are taken off earth🙏🏿
But, notice the name is Wiki leaks, not Wiki publishers.... just sayin'
It could be argued that Assange was engaged in a conspiracy with Manning to leak the information by encouraging the endeavor.
Leaking information is not a crime. The crime is keeping information a secret in the first place. The world would be a better place if it was illegal to keep secrets.
No. Racing is illegal.
@@rickylovesyou Yes it would and no racing is not illegal either.
@ ILLEGAL RACERS - I disagree, in many situations and circumstances the unauthorised release of information, including but not limited to classified material etc etc is illegal. In many occupations it is a condition of employment not to disclose certain information. Here in Australia, like many other countries around the world there are specific statutes that deal with the unauthorised disclosure, receipt or use of such material. Are you seriously suggesting that sovereign nations be prevented from protecting certain information? Or would you be happy, as per your comment that all information held by Governments be immediately available publically. Further, in relation to your view that leaking information is not a crime, well that's exactly what Assange is facing at the moment. Allegations that what he did was in fact a crime. Assange supporters believe he did the world a great service, he is a hero of the people and that his actions caused no harm. It is those opinions and views that supporters rely upon to call for Assange's immediate release and the withdrawal of all charges. Some say (even on this post) that the prosecution of Assange is a conspiracy involving Zionists and "the new world order". In my opinion, those who believe that need to adjust their tin foil hats because they're a little too tight. Despite being well documented and even addressed by Wikileaks in a formal apology no one who supports Assange is willing to talk about the huge number of innocent third parties who's personal and political information was released without consent. This unauthorised release put innocent people in harms way. One such release relates to citizens of Turkey. This occurred well before the recent attempted coup in which thousands of people were arrested. You can not tell me that the Government of Turkey did not review that information to identify persons opposed to them politically. However, more recently Wikileaks released personal information of ICE Agents and other Immigration staff in the Untied States. The reason was to protest and highlight the US Government's policy to separate children from parents who entered the country illegally. Wikleaks defended their action by saying that the information was already publically available. However, the list of over 9,000 Immigration staff was put together by another activist who spent a great deal of time researching and trawling through various social media sites. As a result, a specific list was completed which in my opinion, negates the defence that the information was already publically available. I am certain that if a similar list was compiled and released by Law Enforcement relating to Wikileaks, Antifa or any other politically motivated group there would be calls condemning that action, citing harassment and intimidation.
@@jeffbarr6816 every single thing I've discovered that was top secret was only some sort of crime committed by government or some sort of treaty violation or some sort of weapons manufacturing it was not supposed to be going on biological or otherwise keeping secrets from the citizens as with the shity countries did to their citizens it was not supposed to happen in the US of a and you losers in Australian never could grasp the big difference between our countries
@@jeffbarr6816 You just do not get it do you? nothing you said is new information, we have all heard it before. if everyone was honest in the world it would be a better place to live, FACT. Lies and deception is what is wrong with our civilization. We create wars from it and oppress others because of it. Nothing you say will justify lying and keeping information a secret to only a few, nobody should ever have that power over another otherwise you will create a civilization that is broken like our's is today. Humans should be helping other humans, not keeping secrets from them. You are brainwashed by this broken society if you believe otherwise. Time for you to wake up and realize this civilization we made is not working, because we would rather fight and kill then help each other out.
What a joke
It’s criminal to tell the truth but not to distort, hide and lie about it now
Fantastic
Julia Gillard disgusts me. 👎
As does every Australian Prime Minister since her, who has failed to defend their citizen. And that's all of them.
Rather than making HIM take an STD test, why didn’t the 2 Swedish ladies just take an STD tesr themselves??!! After all, they were concerned about their OWN health, not his, so it wd’ve made more sense!!??
Pray for Julian Assange.
exposing government crimes and corruption......and no one goes to jail........someone telling the truth of governments is in jail.....WTF!!!
That’s why SOOOO many other people who could speak up about a million things, won’t!
I. AGREE. HE IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE HERO OF THE PEOPLE. I ONLY WISH HIM VERY BEST. 👋. 🇨🇦
If this blatant injustice can go on and on and on before the eyes of the whole world… maybe we need to be wiped out.
So You Think. We failed the world we live in, failed our fellow creatures and failed ourselves.
Sometimes it's hard to remember how sweet we can be, too, how heroic, and brave. Assange is one of us, too, and Snowden, and Ghandi, and the hungry old lady who picks up a dirty kitten out of the garbage and nurses it back to health.
But where do the scales stand?
@@ulalaFrugilega Thank you.
Free Julian Assange!
The people trying to punish Julian are actually making him a martyr.
Why Australia is not protecting its citizen?
No balls to stand up against their masters USA and other Zions.
@Mr G - your statement has no validity at all. The Australian Government has provided the same assistance to Assange as they would provide to any other Australian citizen who finds themselves in legal trouble in another sovereign country. We know that he saw Australian officials when he was inside the Embassy and they have also been to Belmarsh prison. We also know that a few years ago the Government provided assistance to Assange to have his Australian pass port renewed. Others have stated that Australia should demand Assange be released and other have even suggested that he be removed forcibly and returned to Australia. Assange is currently involved in a complicated legal process involving a number of different countries and that's why those suggestions are ludicrous. Finally, you, like others on this subject seem to be blaming Zionists for the position Assange finds himself in.
California Girl: Why America not speak good.
@@jeffbarr6816 Your point is noted, however Australia has been reduced to a mute spectator in this whole fabricated debacle. Don't even try to suggest that they did/tried to do anything of consequence through legal and/or diplomatic channels. Simply too impotent
California Girl Australia always protects its citizens! This is quite a difficult situation! Not that cut and dry!
This is a good indication of who the Australian Government really works for, and it`s not the Australian People. If you can judge a people by their leaders then we must look like a bunch of low life back stabbers.
NEW WORLD ORDER/CABAL/ILLUMINATI--all govts are sold out even the US.
Aussies should vote out anti citizen politicians and party
Assange is a hero to all those who do not wish to live under a totalitarian system like North Korea or Russia. WE need the facts of what our governments are doing if democracy means anything at all. Assange is not American. Assange committed no crime on US soil. Assange reported the facts just like the Pentagon Papers release which is seen as heroic. Free Assange.
Please email the Australian Prime Minister and demand he speak up for Julian Assange.
www.pm.gov.au/contact-your-pm
Assange es un martir
@Paul deTorch he didn't help Trump what he did helped him in retrospect but it was never his intention to get him elected. I am not happy about that but it was the Democrats fualt for nominating such a obvious corrupted politicans instead of someone like Bernie Sanders.
FREE JULIAN ASSANGE FROM BELMARSH NOW!!!!
It should be against the law to classify information about illegal activity’s in the first place. no matter who committed the crimes.
why should government officials be permitted to commit crimes and then simply label the information about it as secret?! instead they call it a crime to expose their crimes!
Cant imagine anyone could be stupid enough to support them without getting payed for it..
exactly, US funding fathers would be rolling in their graves, or if alive stackin bodies on front of congress.
Free Julian Assange.
This is a case where the truth will not set you free.
I wonder why these 2 women never spoke out publicly to let the world know what really happened???
Must have been scared for their lives
One can assume that they have been made aware of what might happen to them if they get in the way of what is being planned for Assange.
just watch wtc7 one more time.
As long as a court case is pending/possible they CAN'T speak out publicly.
We know they lied!.
Free assange he is a true hero
oh, we all need to pray for Him.
No one is free as long as others are oppressed.
It explains so much when you hear Julian say, 14:10 "Well the Prime Minister and the Attorney General are US lackeys".
Hardly, they all are New World Order lackeys including Obama, Hillary and the swamp in DC that Trump say he is trying to drain. we'll just have to see.
@@soniag4516 : Trump is just the latest moronic puppet recruited by the plutocrats. This is not a partisan issue; the sleaze and criminality is bipartisan. Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Obama, and Trump are "The Swamp".
THE UNITED NATIONS IMMIGRATION COMPACT BEING USED TO DESTROY WESTERN CIVILIZATION. THE KALERGI PLAN AND AGENDA 21.
@@soniag4516 Did you see yet?
@@tdmprofit3708 Whaaaat?
What governments did to Assange has worked: it has dissuaded people from doing the same for over a decade.
JULIAN IS A HERO! WOE TO THOSE WHO PERSECUTE HIM!
It’s a disgrace
He is a hero in history and we are sheepel waiting to be shorn
Wake up and help !!!!
The video of the young gung ho helicopter crew .. making a mistake? Collateral Murder? Get a grip.. Why publish that.... what did it accomplish? Just stupid if you ask me.. Did the gun crew believe they were killing insurgents? If true .. then they aren't guilty of anything...a mistake... apologize and roll in the cash for compensation... can;t turn back the clock... of course mistakes are made in a war zone..and being in a war zone.. they can have deadly repercussions.....any idiot knows that... so why publish it.. to piss on the USA?
Trouble for Assange is when asked if he and manning had cracked the code to some American computer... Assange response was .. no luck so far,.... which sounds... bad ....if he was just getting info from the traitor manning and publishing it..then he hasn't done anything wrong.. but if he hacked? Manning should have been hung , drawn and quarter... how he is walking the streets I have no idea.. crazy
@@ybet1000 Yeah, cos revealing the crimes of your country in the modern age is the crime we all focus on now, not the corruption, murder and deceit committed in the name of the people by powerful politicians seeking to deceive the people they're supposed to serve. Manning's not the traitor, they are. Think it through before you open your mouth next time.
a HERO? B A L K
@@ybet1000 Who are you believing? I never saw Assange say that.. Chelsea and Assange are denying it
Oh the witch hunters gosh we live in ridiculous times, the under belly of notoriety.The scurry to become famous. Julian is my absolute hero
So called hero should stop telling lies may he rot in a English jail
@@johnhamilton225 what did he lie about?
I stand with Julian Assage.
I do too. From NZ 🇳🇿
Good on you four corners for fantastic open story, it is a shame the Americans can not do the same.
Bring in Julian Assange for the Epstein case...he can probably fill in the blanks for this huge investigation
Which is exactly the reason they're not letting him out!!!! he knows who all these PedosR!!!!!😠😠😠😠😠😠
Thanks to Julian Assange the real hero of Human Trafficking and our corrupt top leaders and other countries this is out . Protect this man and pray he gets what he deserves which is a big Thank you Julian you are loved by many for bringing this out in the light. God bless you and he will. Love Chriz. A great publisher of truth.
Who doesn't like justice. We know one group that doesn't.
the small hats, the chosenites, & nosebergs, the kosher nostra ,, that group.
He's a brave innocent journalist! A hero! We are being ruled by criminals! Stand up to our corrupt government! Don't allow them to kill an innocent man! His freedom is our freedom!
Time for a massive protest around the world. .
"Protest?" A kickass party is more like it.
Shame on Sweden for escalating the whole situation. and the Women should speak up and say that they were in love with him, as they were. Dancing parties, night after night. I hate when people get demonized by governments, as so many have in the Trump administration.
the women weren't in love with him. they were paid to harm him. obviously they were attracted to him. a normal woman would be attracted to him under normal circumstances. but they werent' in love and they were there to sell him out.
none business I am absolutely sure that you're mistaken - partly. Gor they started out as clumsy as do jealous ppl who know they have no right to demand more than they got.
After the papers got wind of that, I'm sure that THEN they were approached by big money and worse threats from interested parties.
Shame on Australia
They got David Hicks out of Guantanamo yet let this honest publisher be tortured for years....
That's the biggest crime here
He should have. a medal
Australian here in Germany: love visiting Denmark & Norway - great scenery and People - but never would I dare step foot in Sweden...
Why?
it would be fun to walk around embarrassing them in their own country, they feel like dooo doo
I like Julia Gillard's comment "...it's an illegal thing to do..." Was she referring to the information which exposed the US army murdering the Iraqi civilians from their helicopter and then flying back to shoot at and murder the first responders? That wouldn't be illegal would it? But reporting it would be? and " ... a grossly irresponsible thing to do.." The establishment must not ever be wrong nor accountable !
doctorwatson1000 Julia Gillard comments seem ridiculous after seeing that footage.
the political establishment ultimately always fall back on the "national security" excuse.
It's probably illegal but its in a war context and it happens all the time!
Sweden is a lap dog of the US.
FREE ASSANGE !!!!
Its all ridiculous, these were mature women who entered into very casual sexual engagements, not to say one night stands. It seems to me they are as responsible as Assange.
FREEEEEE ASSANGE NOWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!
ASSANGE = HERO, HERO, HERO, HERO, HERO!. Villains = the fake news. The villain = false news against him!. ASSANGE, HERO!.
I don't really care about Assange's private life. But the parts about the two women who accused him of sexual crimes shed some light on his being a more responsible person than what the main stream media made him out to be. Borgstrom, the lawyer for the two women, gave zero reason for why Assange should be extradited to Sweden. Assange's contribution in exposing US war crimes was a huge service to humanity. Great job, ABC, for showing the details that have never be shown before!
They didn't accuse him. The police did. The women went to the police to see if Assange could be compelled to take an STD test. They wanted that because they were unsure of whether he had used a condom. The one woman refused to testify any further after she learned he was being charged.
That's the story told in this video (and other places); and I think it's just bizarre. You'd have to be incredibly naive to imagine that this incident wouldn't be used against an activist as prominent as Julian. His lawyer said it looked like a setup and I agree. I read years ago that one of these women had been a CIA asset; but, you don't hear about that very much any more.
Publicity is the best thing to save Julian. He needs public support. If it wasn't for the media scrutiny he would be worse off. nothing stacks up. Looks like they tried every trick on the book to get him on obscure technicalities.
The Us gov bought the majority of news outlets across the world.. good luck with that one.. US gov have become the dirtiest of the dirtiest
The AFP raid seems to have stimulated further media support. The public had become immune to the treatment of truth tellers.
TruthAus this is the bias nature as th public have turned on MSM. No support or recognition that Wiki leaks is a genuine media and assange been a journalist. It's unbelievable!
@@offroadingfozThank you. i was struggling to reconcile motives, your words helped. I could not understand why MSM has suicided, i thought 5G only.
so sophie the second woman he had sex with just so happened to call the first woman, anna, that he had sex with to discuss something with regards to sleeping with julian. does that sound odd to you. how odd is that she just so happens to call the other woman he slept with within a few days. even if they knew each other, how odd is it she would call her and go to a police station with her with the same concern. this is so obviously a set up. the women went in his path to harm him because they were paid to harm him. it is so obvious what are the odds she calls the other woman he had sex with in the last week and they went to the police together. i mean really.
there were children in that van they where shooting
Brilliant investigative journalism. Like the old fashioned journalism we used to know. Hard to believe that this is via Australian Government ABC TV. The details brought out are amazing. Wow.... brings back some faith that all is not lost.
We do realise that the Democrats & probably Clit ton 😎 is behind getting rid of Assange.
Go 4Corners... continue the clean journalism.
This was posted on July 27 2019. Why no current information? Tell us what’s happening to him now, please.
🌲🌝☘️
Because this documentary was made while he was still in the Equador Embassy (27:06) He is still in Belmarsh Prison, UK, serving 50 weeks for 'jumping bail', while the UK decide on whether to allow the US to extradite him.
@@wendysalter But I had seen all this many times over before he was taken into custody. This is their third time using this same footage to make a documentary.
Maybe the ABC has to rehash old programs, made while it still had some degree of autonomy, because it's no longer at liberty to produce anything which contradicts the official narrative.
Mila Lewis a good story deserves repeating
Ironically Assange and Tommy Robinson are in the same ward, at the same UK prison. They can't see each other but they can hear each other. I love to hear that conversation.
Brave and beautiful lawyer.
29th July when I watched this, all other coverage at least 2 months old.Meanwhile, Mr.Assange is held in Belmarsh prison in London, awaiting what ? What’s the latest ?
Julian Assange fate from the London court of justice is going on now… the court has delayed it another day or week or so
''The police interpreted... ''
Yeah we all know that one !
I pray that Assange is managing at this time. His imprisonment is illegal and totally a lie
His imprisonment is very real and not a lie!
@@cappsginny699 : yes, but his imprisonment is under false charges.
Why was he hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy?
It's shame he is being prosecuted for exposing truth.
Well she partied on till early hours of the morning with a man who she says assaulted her , so friendly towards him & no sign of emotional or physically traumatised !!!!!
OBVIOUSLY SHE WAS PAID TO SET HIM UP or WAS BLACKMAILED BY POLICE !!!!!!!!!!
Free Julian Assange
Sweden law or Rothschild law?
You clearly have no knowledge of Swedish law at all.
Truth is always bitter and it is a crime now to speak the truth
The people who helped and supported him are heroes too.
Julian Assange is a hero . We should make a monument in his honor. The truth is the truth and crimes should be punished not hidden. Whoever committed it. Just because the crimes were committed by super powers don't get the right to be impuned or pardoned. The world has a right to know the truth. And the criminals should be punished.
Hero
He must be a despicable person to tell such terrible truths.. shame on him (not the people who actually should be shamed)
As an american I am sorry. most of us do not support this
Thanks to Julian Assange and many more others, we live in a almost better world!!!
glad to see this posted, finally!!!
Assange's lawyer is a very brave girl!!!!!!!!!!
This is what happens to you when you shout at the devil.
They gotta make an example of him, otherwise you and I might...
Is this what you call liberal democracy?
Being Swedish i have lost Respect for their Law
Did you ever wonder how the journalist Julian Assange supported himself?
get him out of prison MF's
And he has been in Belmarsh maximum security prison in London - without any charge since April 2019 and refused bail January 2021. Moral of the story is beware of Swedish girls baring gifts.
This is clearly trying to disparage a hero. He should sue you!
HERO 🦸♂️ ❤️❤️❤️FREE OUR HERO. I HOPE HE GOES TO RUSSIA LIKE SNOWDEN WHO IS ANOTHER HERO AS THEY VALUE HEROES🦊🐻
Clearly smell a rat! Free Julian!
He's the only rat
I find it *VERY* interesting that the media has largely ignored Julian Assange for years and years and only now are they interested in talking about him.
This wouldn't have anything to do with the upcoming FISA declass and OIG report, would it??
Signs point to, "YES."
What is this report?
@@spotpack Dynamite against Hillary, Obama, Bush, FBI, CIA, Deep State maggots
link, please
@@allancouceiro9905 Damn, man.
You're late for the party, ya know that?
@@InSuBoRdInAtEo7 oh sorry mate, but then again, if I wasn't late, you wouldn't get to enjoy a false sense of superiority. So, you can't complain too loudly.
Corruption at its dirtiest.
Thank you 4C!
Whistle-blower Gets cremated for disclosure of wrong doing. Sweden, UK and USA should be ashamed.
To quote the bard: "The wild hop scrub grew thickly, and the hidden ground was full of wombat holes, and any slip was death."
And then the truth will emerge.
And what’s appalling is that a government that can flip and act in such manner, because they were told to, by the USA, will then try to use their morals, high standards on democracy, to wave their finger (maybe) righteously so when now lecturing other nations from South America. and it sucks to say that, cause it’s a country and people that I like a lot. But can they see the double standards here?
Sounds like he was set up.
Say it with me kids! P R O P A G A N D A!
I don't understand what sex crime he is supposed to have committed ?????????? What was the crime ?
Jason Lansdell / Don’t pay attention to that extortion ploy, the cabal will throw enough mud to the wall that some will stick, isn’t that part
of law of justification.
People seem to think it is ok to completely destroy someone life...
Wait!..You want Interpol to take sides in political acts?
Free the real truth. Free Julian Assange.
Bless Julian 💛
This is shameful.
Also shows how far ahead Iceland are in terms of common sense.
No, it shows that ICELAND ARE LACKEYS for the LIBTARD LEFT!!!
Love Iceland, I spent an hour there on two trips (55 minutes & 5 Minutes). What impressed me was they jailed the banksters. We bailed out our banks and the banksters got huge bonuses.
@@2222UU One of top countries onn my bucket list
add banning circumscision to the list pissing off the small hats....
The USA big hand strikes again...and the world bows down again. (sic)
Free Assange!
I am glad if this aired in Australia. That voice sounds like John Pilger.
Free Assange!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1