Assange Has Signed Book Deals Worth $1.5 Million+

cold fjord writes "Julian Assange has signed a major book deal for his autobiography worth more than one million pounds (1.2 million euros, 1.5 million dollars). Assange told Britain's Sunday Times newspaper that the money would help him defend himself against allegations of sexual assault made by two women in Sweden. 'I don't want to write this book, but I have to,' he said. 'I have already spent 200,000 pounds for legal costs and I need to defend myself and to keep WikiLeaks afloat.' The Australian said he would receive 800,000 dollars (600,000 euros) from Alfred A. Knopf, his American publisher, and a British deal with Canongate is worth 325,000 pounds (380,000 euros, 500,000 dollars). Money from other markets and serialisation is expected to raise the total to 1.1 million pounds, he said. Assange is currently out on £240,000 bail under what his lawyer refers to as not so much 'house arrest' as 'manor arrest', fighting extradition to Sweden for questioning. The Telegraph adds, 'Mr Assange said he regarded himself as a victim of Left-wing radicalism. Sweden is the Saudi Arabia of feminism,' he said. 'I fell into a hornets' nest of revolutionary feminism.' .... A full extradition hearing is due in London on February 7th."

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[Anonymous Coward]

Yea, I'm sure Uncle Sam is going to tax the shit out of a non US citizen for income earned overseas. I'm also sure that if he did owe US taxes he wouldn't pay them.

Clearly you're fucking retarded.

there is no fucking rape ....

[unity100]

this 'rape' wordage regarding this business befuddles me. the women CONSENSUALLY had sex with the person. then, they have openly and legally declared that the sex was consensual. EVEN after the rape allegations.

yet, fscking american media still talks of 'rape'. when you look into legalese of that rape in swedish law, it comes up as something that more than half of american males would be charged with, every few months in their lives.

yet, whore of an 'opinionated entertainment' (in their own legalese) channels like fox and whatnot still fool the gullible with talk of 'rape'.

but i digress. really. its too much effort.

if, one is that gullible enough to be manipulated like that, like a moron, they should be let to be manipulated and exploited. its their choice.

what should not be let, however, manipulators to manipulate much more people than could be dangerous, like mass media, fox, and other mouthpiece newswhores.