A person thought to be one of the two Swedish women who accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sex crimes has spoken out publicly about her ordeal.
The woman, whose name has not been disclosed, said that when the allegations became public she received threats and found it impossible to work.
She said that she was judged in a "gigantic court of public opinion with anonymous judges and witnesses who guessed wildly".
In her blogpost, the woman, who is politically active, wrote that she had been "the victim of an assault" three years ago.
She said friends of her alleged assailant and others with ulterior motives had "rapidly decided that something was suspicious" and that she was lying.
She wrote: "Maybe someone would have acted upon one of all the threats I received.
"Maybe I would have had to change my name and move away, and I would probably have been considered someone on whom you lose both elections and clients, which would have made it impossible for me to be both involved (politically) and work, other than the few months I had to go underground."
The post was published in mid-April but only reported in the Swedish media on Thursday.
The woman did not identify Mr Assange by name but the timing of her account is in line with the sex crime allegations brought against him.
Two women accused the Australian activist of rape and sexual assault in 2010, when he was in Stockholm, accusations he denies.
He is wanted for questioning in Sweden, but has been staying in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since June 2012 after he was granted asylum.
Mr Assange fears that if he is handed over to Sweden he will be passed on to the United States for his controversial diplomatic memo leaks.