Pamela Anderson has revealed she wants to start campaigning for men who have been falsely accused of rape.

The former Baywatch actress and glamour model is now an activist, and she has criticised Sweden for its "almost paralysing" laws against sexual crimes.

Speaking on RT's Going Underground, she said: "Sweden has these very progressive laws against sexual crimes, whatever you want to call it. It’s almost too progressive, it’s almost paralysing.

"I’m going to actually start campaigning for men who have been victims of being accused of rape when they haven’t actually done anything.”

The star - who has previously campaigned for women's rights, and against domestic violence - insisted that Sweden as a nation "doesn't really know what to do".

She added: "We all of course gravitate towards vulnerable people and we consider that to be women and children first and foremost which is important but there’s also a lot of men who are in a vulnerable situation."

Pamela also defended her close friend and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been in Ecuador's London embassy since June 2012 to avoid extradition over sexual assault allegations, which he denies.

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She claimed: "When you read the actual case, and you read everything about it, there’s no crime that’s been committed.”

Pamela recently revealed she likes bringing 'style and glamour' to Julian in his adoptive home , where he's been since claiming political asylum almost five years ago.

She said recently: "He's living in dire circumstances so I like to bring a little help, and a smile, and some glamour.

"It's so rare that he has someone to come and visit him and bring him things, and I want to be able to do that for him."

However, she stopped short of confirming any romance between the two of them, adding: "It's difficult to talk about when you're under surveillance.

"But he's a great guy. I don't want to say anything about whether there's a romance. So let's say we're just good friends."