The key evidence comes from text messages and testimony from people other than the two alleged victims. If indeed this evidence was all fabricated (I doubt it,

The key evidence comes from text messages and testimony from people other than the two alleged victims. If indeed this evidence was all fabricated (I doubt it, but who knows), then the best venue for evaluating that claim would have been a Swedish court. Now we will never really know exactly how strong the case was. But it was strong enough to justify bringing Assange to trial, and he has done himself no favours by hiding in an embassy for seven years.