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2:00 a.m. August 15, 2010: Woman Involved in Sexual Assault Allegations against Assange Calls Him One of ‘World’s Coolest People’

2010-08-15 2:00 a.m.

Anna Ardin, a Swedish woman who will later make a complaint to the police against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leading them to file sexual asssault charges against him, sends a Tweet about a party she and Assange are currently attending at her flat. The Tweet reads, “Sitting outside; nearly freezing; with the world’s coolest people; it’s pretty amazing.” The encounter over which police will file charges against Assange took place the previous night (see August 13, 2010). After news of the charges becomes public, Ardin will delete the Tweet. [TNN, 12/9/2010]