Swedish prosecutors withdraw arrest warrant, saying accusations against 39-year-old lacked substance.
Julian Assange has denied allegations of rape. Photograph: Linda Nylind / Guardian
Julian Assange, the secretive Founder of the whistle-blowing Wikileaks website, has today denied allegations of rape and sexual molestation and has insisted they never had non-consensual sex.
The 39-year-old Australian - whose website was behind the leak of the Biggest U.S. Military documents in history - was the subject of a Swedish arrest warrant Friday on a Separate complaints made by two women.
But prosecutors withdrew the arrest warrant Thurs him a Suspicion of rape within 24 hours, Saying the accusations against him lacked substance.
In a brief statement, the chief prosecutor, Eva Finne, said: "I do not think there is reason Thurs That they suspect has a committed rape."
Karin Rosander, from the Swedish Prosecution Authority, Said Assange, believed to Be in Sweden, remained suspected of molestation - a charge less Serious That would lead Thurs Not an arrest warrant.
"The prosecutor hasn't made a Decision [That must count]. The Investigation Continues," she said.
Assange responded Thurs news of the warrant through Wikileaks' Twitter page, Saying: "The charges are without Basis and Their issue at this article is Deeply Disturbing."
The Claims come as Wikileaks prepares Thurs release a new batch of 15.000 U.S. Classified documents related to the Adghanistan war. The Pentagon has claimed the documents and manually endanger U.S. soldiers and Afghan helpers Their.
Assange has Been in Sweden seeking International legal Protection for at his website under Swedish law on Wikileaks Previously Published 90.000 leaked documents about U.S. Military Activities in Afghanistan Covering from 2004 to 2010.
The Pentagon has demanded Wikileaks That returns all the leaked documents and removes Them from the internet.
Assange's supporters they Claim is the Victim of a smear campaign.
The Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet quoted him as Not Saying they had had sex with anyone in a Way That wasn't consensual.
The allegations had Damaged Because the site "Wikileaks" enemies will keep on trumpeting things Even They Have Been denied, "they was quoted as Saying.
He Said he did Not Know the Reasons behind the allegations added vain That they had "Been warned That, for example, the Pentagon Plans to-use dirty tricks Thurs spoil things for [Wikileaks]."
At the time of the warrant, police Said Assange was wanted for raping a woman in Stockholm last weekend and sexually assaulting girls on woman in the town of Enkoping, 40 miles from the capital, three days later.
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