Julian Assange: Sweden drops rape investigation
A prosecutor who dragged questionable charges like this on in the US would be at risk of disciplinary action, perhaps even disbarment.
This article doesn't mention the facts behind the flimsy case against him. I suspect more articles will be published in the next few days.Marianne Ny filed a request to the Stockholm District Court to revoke his arrest warrant, apparently ending a seven-year stand-off.
Mr Assange, 45, has lived in the Ecuadoran embassy in London since 2012, trying to avoid extradition.
He feared being extradited to the US if sent to Sweden.
He could face trial in the US over the leaking hundreds of thousands of secret US military and diplomatic documents.
A brief statement ahead of a press conference by the prosecutor later on Friday said: "Director of Public Prosecution, Ms Marianne Ny, has today decided to discontinue the investigation regarding suspected rape (lesser degree) by Julian Assange."
Assange will probably be assassinated after he leaves the embassy.