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In reply to the discussion: No charges ever pressed: Assange marks three years of UK detention [View all]joshcryer
(62,270 posts)They have DNA. He penetrated her without a condom when the night before she requested that condoms be used. Maybe he forgot to put one on, maybe he was just having a bit of morning wood and wanted to surprise his lover, but who cares, that's a violation of consent.
What sucks is that the lady didn't know it was rape until she was told that said actions are rape. It's sad because even girls here in the US don't think it's rape if they're drunkenly sexually assaulted and don't even know who did it. Date rape is a very very common practice.
Fortunately Swedish law wouldn't put the victim on the stand and scrutinize them for whatever, unlike the US where lawyers would completely rip apart the reputation of a victim just to get the case thrown out.