Why do you think the police would need to be bribed or anything to record a claim & decide to prosecute ? I wouldn't be surprised if they were bound to investigate/prosecute (by law) in such cases.
Only thing I don't get is how on earth you'd be able to argue that Assange has a "position of power" or that you fear him - is he some kind of uber-rich tycoon or politically connected kingpin or something ? Or did they fear he'd wikileak their private facebook ?
To me it's textbook character assassination - even if the claims are withdraws (maybe especially if they are without an investigation or trial), people will vaguely remember this and Assange will be 'tainted' forever.
I'm not saying well-known people don't do bad shit (Polanski ?) but some kind of hard evidence (a rape-kit confirmed DNA match) would have / would be most welcome in this spooks-rich context.
Only thing I don't get is how on earth you'd be able to argue that Assange has a "position of power" or that you fear him - is he some kind of uber-rich tycoon or politically connected kingpin or something ? Or did they fear he'd wikileak their private facebook ?
To me it's textbook character assassination - even if the claims are withdraws (maybe especially if they are without an investigation or trial), people will vaguely remember this and Assange will be 'tainted' forever.
I'm not saying well-known people don't do bad shit (Polanski ?) but some kind of hard evidence (a rape-kit confirmed DNA match) would have / would be most welcome in this spooks-rich context.