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There was no rape accusation, full stop.

Here are the allegations:

He had consensual sex, and the condom broke. He didn’t tell the woman after the fact, but she found it in the trash. She wanted him to get an HIV test. He refused. She tried to get the police to force him to get an HIV test.

To her dismay, they decided to charge him with rape. This is all in the UN special rapporteur’s report, and apparently uncontested by everyone involved.

I'm not an expert on Swedish law, however rape is often a crime that people lobby to not require the victim to ask for charges. aka, The police/prosecutors get to make that decision.

That's what I recall from an interview with Melzer a while back too. Don't recall the details though.

Yes.