By Greg Hazley
Controversial Wikileaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange is reportedly working with London PR firm Borkowski as he faces global scrutiny and a public divided over his actions in leaking documents online.
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Borkowski, a consumer and entertainment firm, is headed by Mark Borkowski, a well-known U.K. PR figure who penned two books on publicity stunts.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Borkowski first began representing Assange on Jan. 7 and has a four-man team handling media inquiries. The firm is also setting up a weekly online media conference for Assange and Wikileaks.
Borkowski told the paper Jan. 8 that a deal had not yet been signed and he posted on Twitter the same day to two PR pros mentioning the work for Assange: "a little premature guys."
Assange is facing a sexual misconduct probe in Sweden and is under house arrest in the U.K. He faces an extradition hearing in February. The U.S. government is reportedly mulling charges against him, in the wake of Wikileaks' most recent document dump -- a trove of State Department diplomatic cables.
Assange has inked a $1.5M book deal with Random House.
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