Assange's biography published without his consent

Although he had allowed himself to be interviewed for more than 50 hours and had contractual obligations, Assange wanted to prevent the publication. This was announced by the publisher Canongate Books on Thursday. However, he had already used the advance payment to pay bills from his court case. It was therefore decided to publish the book without authorization.

According to a BBC report, Assange accuses the publisher of breaking the contract. Canongate is profiting from an incorrect, unrevised draft. The publisher rejects this. Julian Assange was reportedly worried about publication after telling his story to a ghostwriter. He is said to have said: "All memoirs are prostitution."

In the document entitled "Julian Assange: The Unauthorized Autobiography", Assange reports, among other things, on warnings from intelligence circles that the US was planning a plot against him using "illegal" means. According to SDA, this emerges from excerpts published in the British newspaper The Independent on Thursday. The book is to be published there as a series in the coming days.

In the unauthorized autobiography, Assange emphasizes that the sex with two women was consensual. He may be a chauvinist pig in his own way, but he is not a rapist, according to the reprint. It was either a "terrible misunderstanding" or a trap. One of his secret service contacts had warned him that there were discussions in the USA as to whether he should be accused of "immoral charges", for example in connection with drugs or child pornography. Julian Assange has been under house arrest in the UK since December 2010 and is awaiting a decision in extradition proceedings to Sweden. There he is accused of rape and sexual abuse of two women.