Many have been curious about the life that Julian Assange will lead after being released from prison. This curiosity has also led many to want to learn more about Assange’s wife Stella Moris and the children they have together.
Here is what we have discovered about Julian Assange’s wife and children.
Who is Julian Assange’s wife?
Julian Assange’s wife, Stella Moris, is a lawyer and human rights activist.
According to The Guardian, Stella Moris was born Sara Gonzalez Devant in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 20, 1983. Her mother is Spanish, and her father is Cuban-Swedish.
Moris holds a Master of Science degree in refugee law from Oxford University, a degree in law and politics from SOAS University of London, and a Master’s in public international law from the Complutense University of Madrid.
In 2011, she first met Assange at a property owned by a friend of Assange, Captain Vaughan Smith, a former British army man and the founder of the Frontline Club. Moris, who was still known as Sara Gonzalez Devant at the time, was part of the legal team assembled to stop Sweden from extraditing the journalist.
By 2012, Sara had been working with Assange for a long time. Realizing the threats that came with her job, she decided to change her name to Stella Moris.
How many children do Julian Assange and Stella Moris have?
Julian and Stella Moris have two sons together: Gabriel and Max. The first was born in 2017 and the second in 2019.
According to the BBC, Assange and Moris began their relationship in 2015. According to Daily Mail, they got engaged two years later. During this period, their relationship was kept under wraps. Both children were conceived in secret while Assange was living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. In 2020, the news about the relationship and children first came out. In March 2022, the couple exchanged wedding vows in Belmarsh prison, where Assange was incarcerated at the time.
