What Happened to Julian Assange? What did He Do?
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Updated Jun 25, 2024
What Happened to Julian Assange?
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is expected to admit guilt on Wednesday for breaking U.S. espionage laws. This deal means he will stop being held in prison in Britain and can go back to Australia, ending a legal journey that has lasted 14 years. WikiLeaks officially posten in X that Julian Assange is free.
Assange, who is 52 years old, has agreed to plead guilty to one charge of conspiring to get and share secret U.S. defense documents. This information comes from court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands
What did Assange Do?
Julian Assange, a 52-year-old Australian, became widely known in 2009 when his website WikiLeaks published a huge amount of secret U.S. government information. He and Chelsea Manning, a military analyst, were accused of releasing tens of thousands of reports about the Afghanistan war.
Now, a new agreement means Assange won't go to prison in the U.S. Prosecutors are asking for a 62-month sentence, which matches the time he's already spent in Belmarsh, a tough prison in London while fighting extradition to the U.S.
Who is Julian Assange?
Julian Assange was born on July 3, 1971, in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. His mother, Christine Ann Hawkins, is a visual artist. His biological father, John Shipton, was an anti-war activist and builder, but Julian's parents separated before he was born.
When Julian was one year old, his mother married Brett Assange, who was an actor. They ran a small theatre company together, and Julian considers Brett Assange to be his father figure.
| Name | Julian Hawkins |
| Date of Birth | 3 July 1971 (age 52) |
| Place of Birth | Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
| Citizenship | Australia Ecuador (2017–2021) |
| Occupations | Editor Publisher Activist |
Julian Assange Wife
As a teenager, Julian Assange married a woman named Teresa, who was also in her teens. They had a son named Daniel in 1989. However, they separated and had a custody dispute over Daniel until 1999.
In 2015, Assange started a relationship with Stella Moris, who is originally from South Africa and also his lawyer. They got engaged in 2017 and have two sons together, born in 2017 and 2019. The couple officially married on March 23, 2022.
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Julian Assange Networth
Julian Assange is an Australian publisher, journalist, computer programmer, and internet activist with a net worth of $300,000. He is best known for being the editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, a website that publishes classified and private information about governments and politicians. Assange is recognized for speaking out about press freedom, censorship, and investigative journalism.
He has received many awards, including the 2009 Amnesty International Media Award and the Readers' Choice for "TIME" magazine's 2010 Person of the Year. In his younger years, he was called "Australia's most famous ethical computer hacker" by the Personal Democracy Forum.
