Former “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson lashed out at the United Kingdom, Ecuador, and President Trump after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested Thursday at the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has lived in asylum for nearly seven years.
“I am in shock.. I couldn’t hear clearly what he said? He looks very bad. How could you Equador ? (Because he exposed you). How could you UK. ? Of course – you are America’s bitch and you need a diversion from your idiotic Brexit bullshit,” the 51-year-old Canadian-American actress said in a tweet.
“And the USA ? This toxic coward of a President,” she said in another. “He needs to rally his base? – You are selfish and cruel. You have taken the entire world backwards. You are devils and liars and thieves. And you will ROTT.”
“And WE WILL RISE,” Anderson added. She also shared a link to a WikiLeaks defense fund.
And the USA ?
This toxic coward of a President
He needs to rally his base? –
You are selfish and cruel.
You have taken the entire world backwards.You are devils and liars and thieves.
And you will ROTTAnd
WE WILL RISE ✊— Pamela Anderson (@pamfoundation) April 11, 2019
Anderson, also known for her appearances in Playboy magazine, visited Assange several times at the embassy over the years and claims to have had a “romantic” relationship with him. “He’s definitely an interesting person, and there’s definitely a romantic kind of connection ’cause it’s a romantic struggle,” she told Fox News last year.
In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, she accused Hollywood and a “Clinton monopoly on the media” for the negative portrayal of Assange.
Assange, 47, took refuge in the embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he was wanted for questioning in a sexual assault investigation. That case has since been dropped but WikiLeaks feared Assange could be extradited to the U.S.
The WikiLeaks founder, already notorious for leaking of U.S. diplomatic cables in 2010, subsequently played a key role in Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential elections by released emails stolen from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, and other Democratic officials. The U.S. intelligence community concluded in a 2017 assessment that WikiLeaks was used by Russia intelligence to release information as part of an effort to elect Trump. WikiLeaks denies this assertion.
Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno said Assange’s asylum has been taken away due to “repeated violations to international conventions and daily-life.”
After Ecuador revoked his asylum, Metropolitan Police said officers arrested Assange for failing to surrender to a court in 2012.
Assange’s attorney said he was arrested on a U.S. extradition request and for breaching U.K. bail conditions. Metropolitan Police this confirmed in a statement, saying Assange had “been further arrested on behalf of the United States authorities, at 10:53hrs after his arrival at a central London police station. This is an extradition warrant under Section 73 of the Extradition Act. He will appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court as soon as possible.”
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