IIRC, he happened to be in England when the extradition request came. He fought that and if the US had requested the UK to arrest and extradite him he presumably would have fought that too. I'm not certain that he was allowed to leave the UK on his own after the extradition request was made. Wasn't he actually on bail?
It's also possible that he didn't think the US would come after him until the extradition request.
That said, I think it definitely sounds better to give the reason that he does than to say he's afraid of being convicted in Sweden even if he wouldn't be explicitly admitting guilt.
It's also possible that he didn't think the US would come after him until the extradition request.
That said, I think it definitely sounds better to give the reason that he does than to say he's afraid of being convicted in Sweden even if he wouldn't be explicitly admitting guilt.