I'm by no way a fan of Assange, I think what he's doing is irresponsible. However, everyone else appears to be wilfully committing wilful violations of any laws

I'm by no way a fan of Assange, I think what he's doing is irresponsible. However, everyone else appears to be wilfully committing wilful violations of any laws, be them civil, criminal or constitutional, that stand in the way of prosecuting him. When he's up for extradition to Sweden to pave the way for an extradition to the US, they might have well performed an extraordinary rendition and disappeared him like the US government made a habit of under Bush. Incidentally his 'accusers' used a political loop hole in Sweden and never actually accused him, and the Swedish prosecutors sat on it until suddenly (IE very shortly after the US government had leaned on Switzerland for offering Assange and Wikileaks asylum) the charges magically rematerialized. The Swedish government also issued a red notice (interpol notice seeking extradition) after Assange had already agreed to meet with them to discuss the charges, as they're only seeking him for further information and still aren't pressing formal charges. By Interpol's database he's one of the few (IE .03%) red notices for 'sex crimes' and is one of the few amongst them not wanted for associated violent crimes. He was initially denied bail in the UK as a flight risk, despite the fact that he hadn't fled nor hid and had offered full cooperation making the denial of bail extremely suspicious and virtually unheard of. I don't think Assange or his defence lawyer need to fabricate an 'illusion' of foul play, because the US, Swedish and British government are doing a far better job of actually conducting foul play and conspiracy than Assange could ever fabricate.