Assange sex crimes accuser fires her lawyer

Assange sex crimes accuser fires her lawyer

One of the two women in the Swedish Assange case has dropped her high-profile lawyer, reportedly for speaking too much to the press.

Australian media reported on Thursday that the woman was not happy with how her lawyer Claes Borgström had handled the case when speaking with the media.

While her application to a Swedish court to change lawyer is not available to the public, Borgström addressed the report in a statement.

"It has been impossible to avoid contact with the media in this case. When I have been in contact with the media it has been with the approval of my client, sometimes she has asked me to do so," he wrote.

Borgström, Sweden's former equality ombudsman (Jämställdhetsombudsmannen), is no stranger to taking on controversial cases.

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