article_snippet.sent: (CNN)WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to be interviewed by Swedish prosecutors in London, CNN)WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lawyer in Sweden told CNN.
article_snippet.sent: Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London London since June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where prosecutors want to question his lawyer in Sweden about 2010 allegations that his lawyer in Sweden raped one woman and sexually molested another.
article_snippet.sent: According to his lawyer in Sweden, Thomas Olsson, Swedish prosecutors will now have to reach out to British and Ecuadorian authorities to request permission to conduct the interview at the Ecuadorian Embassy.
article_snippet.sent: Swedish prosecutors in London previously balked at coming to Britain to question Assange.
article_snippet.sent: My view has always been that to perform an interview with him at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London London would lower the quality of the interview, and that him would need to be present in Sweden in any case should there be a trial in the future,Ny said.
article_snippet.sent: Now that time is of the essence, I have viewed This assessment therefore necessary to accept such deficiencies to the investigation and likewise take the risk that the interview does not move the case forward, particularly as there are no other measures on offer without Assange being present in Sweden.
article_snippet.sent: Assange has said Assange fears Sweden would extradite Assange to the United States, where Assange could face the death penalty if Assange is charged and convicted of publishing government secrets through WikiLeaks.
article_snippet.sent: Ecuador granted Assange political asylum in 2012.
highlights_snippet.sent: Assange is wanted for questioning over sexual abuse claims; Assange denies the allegations .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since June 2012 .