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US actress Pamela Anderson leaves Belmarsh Prison in London after visiting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday. Photo: PA via AP

‘He’s an innocent person’: former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson visits WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in prison

  • Assange was granted his first social call since being jailed in April for jumping bail in 2012
  • Thought the nature of their relationship is unclear, actress has hinted that the two may be more than just friends
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Actress and model Pamela Anderson paid a visit to Julian Assange on Tuesday as the WikiLeaks founder was granted his first social call since being incarcerated in April for jumping bail in 2012.

After exiting the maximum-security prison in southeastern London, Anderson talked about Assange’s innocence to reporters gathered outside.

Protesters with placards gather during a rally in Sydney on Friday. Photo: EPA-EFE

“He does not deserve to be in a supermax prison,” said Anderson, who was draped in a blanket emblazoned with nods to free speech. “He has never committed a violent act. He’s an innocent person.”

Assange, an Australian citizen who took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London to avoid extradition charges from Sweden over allegations of sexual assault, was forcibly removed from the embassy, where he had been living for nearly seven years.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gets 50 weeks in prison for bail-jumping

Assange has said he was worried that if Sweden extradited him, he would then be held liable by the US government for the leak of classified documents from his website.

The former Baywatch star visited Assange multiple times while he was holed up in London. Although the nature of Anderson’s relationship with Assange is unclear, she has hinted before that the two may be more than just friends.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at the Westminster Magistrates Court in London on April 11. Photo: Reuters

Anderson told Harvey Levin during an interview on Objectified in August that she and Assange share “a romantic kind of connection”. The pair initially met through an introduction by fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, according to Page Six.

Anderson, who was accompanied to the prison by WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson, said Assange has been cut off from the outside world, with no access to a library or to his children, and she called for public support and fundraising for Assange’s cause.

“It was great to see him, but this is just misrule of law in operation,” Anderson said of Assange’s 50-week sentence.

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