Stockholm - Swedish prosecutors said on
Friday they would drop a preliminary investigation into an
allegation of rape against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on
Friday, bringing to an end a 7-year legal stand-off.
"Chief Prosecutor Marianne Ny has today decided to
discontinue the preliminary investigation regarding suspected
rape concerning Julian Assange," the prosecutors office said in
a statement.
Assange, 45, has lived in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London
since 2012, after taking refuge there to avoid extradition to
Sweden over the allegation of rape, which he denies.