Image via Wikipedia Christine Assange, who lives in Queensland, dismissed the rape charges against her 39-year-old son, for which he remains remanded in custody in Britain and facing extradition to Sweden, saying: "Julian would not rape". But she told Australia's Seven Network that she was concerned about what will happen to her son, founder of the WikiLeaks website which has begun releasing more than 250, 000 sensitive US diplomatic cables. Julian Assange denies the sexual assault charges. "Julian, rape, straight out of my guts -- no way. Julian would not rape," Christine Assange said. She added: "It's a worry, of course. I am no different from any other mother. Every time the news goes on I am glued to it... "These massive forces have decided they are going to stop him and they are not going to play by the rules."