Not really surprising considering the many other blatant lies in the Assange case.

For example to this day barely anybody seems aware about the fact how Swedish police changed witness testimonies to create rape accusations that were never even made by the two women, to have these nasty accusations leaked to the press only hours later, in the middle of the night.

That's only one of the many findings by the UN rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer. His investigation into the Assange case is probably one of the best and most neutral takes on it, but if true also a really scary one [0]

[0] https://www.republik.ch/2020/01/31/nils-melzer-about-wikilea...