Just as A$AP Rocky was safely returned to the United States, a leaked document began making the rounds - in which the U.S. Government is said to have strong-armed Swedish authorities with a letter threatening "negative consequences" if the Rocky case wasn't resolved in an immediate fashion.
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The actual wording in the letter, read as follows. "To resolve this case as soon as possible to avoid potentially negative consequences to the US-Swedish bilateral relationship," wrote US Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Robert C. O'Brien at the behest of the Government. Swedish Prosecutor-General Petra Lundh is then said to have responded with a letter of his own, decrying the U.S.'s bullish tactics.
"No other prosecutor, not even I, may interfere with a specific case or try to affect the prosecutor responsible," Lundh wrote in response. "Furthermore, when a person is charged and the case is brought before a court, only the court can decide, during or after the trial, whether or not to release the person or decide on supervised detention."
