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By narrow definitions of escape. He was essentially under house arrest, unable to leave the Ecuador embassy for years.

• arp242 2y ago
  Or he could have just faced up to the charges... That house arrest was entirely self-imposed for the first five years or so.
  • ranger_danger 2y ago
    I don't think you understand what would have really happened if he did that, or where he would have really ended up.
    • DSingularity 2y ago
      A good chance dead.
    • arp242 2y ago
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      • beaeglebeachedd 2y ago
        Yeah the rape accusation timing, for which he was never convicted, was quite convenient wasn't it.
        • CRConrad 2y ago
          > for which he was never convicted Uh, what's this thread about, again...? He "was never convicted" because he evaded trial by hiding out for seven years.
    • fastball 2y ago
      I don't think you do either?