‘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
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.
“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.
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.