go a long way !! Agreed. Both of these women were very assertive when it came to getting Assange into bed in the first place, and yet they claim that after having sex with him a few times they suddenly became so submissive they couldn't bring themselves to ask him to stop when he did something they didn't like? Thismortalcoil: Agreed. Both of these women were very assertive when it Proof doesn't come into it, getting him extradited to Sweden is the game and thence on to the good ole' U.S. of A. This reeks of contrivance and scheming, in fact this whole thing is absolutely putrid with it! Loading comments... Loading comments... This was argued before the Court of Appeal here in the UK, who rejected it. Rape, in English law, is penetration without consent or a reasonable belief in consent. On SW's account of events, she consented to sex with Julian Assange on condition he used a condom, and made it clear that she didn't want unprotected sex. They had sex, with him using a condom, and fell asleep. The following morning, she says, she woke up to find him penetrating her, without a condom. Since she was asleep when he penetrated her, she could not possibly have consented. He cannot reasonably have believed that, having made it clear to him the previous evening that she only consented to sex if he used a condom, she would feel any differently about it when she woke up, and he