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> They're accusing him under a law that would not allow him to present any motive for what he did

Yeah, rape doesn't need motive.

Please don’t do that here. We’re not talking about rape. We’re talking about the espionage accusations.

Not really. It was the arrest warrant for the rape charges in Sweden that kept him confined in the Ecuadorian embassy.

I thought the news was about Sweden dropping the case of rape.