US EditionEx-model testifying that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her questioned about private journal
- A former teen model, Kaja Sokola, testified in Harvey Weinstein’s 2025 sexual assault retrial in Manhattan, confronting a private journal on the stand.
- The trial follows an appeals court overturning Weinstein’s 2020 conviction, with prosecutors adding a criminal sex act charge related to Sokola’s 2006 claim.
- Now 39 and working as a psychotherapist, Sokola testified that shortly after they first encountered each other in 2002, Weinstein took advantage of her aspirations to become an actress and subjected her to inappropriate sexual behavior.
- Her 2015 journal, written in Polish and describing at least five sexual assaults by others but not Weinstein, became central in defense cross-examination amidst objections as "very inappropriate."
- The judge raised doubts about the journal’s authenticity and warned that its use could adversely affect the defense's case, while Weinstein maintains his innocence and rejects all accusations of sexual assault.
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Weinstein accuser rips defense lawyer: ‘You should be ashamed of yourself’
By JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former model reproached one of Harvey Weinstein ’s lawyers for suggesting that her sexual abuse allegations against the ex-studio boss are lies. “You should be ashamed of yourself,” Kaja Sokola retorted. In her fifth and final day of testimony at Weinstein’s sex crimes retrial, she maintained that she was telling the truth and that Weinstein’s alleged conduct in her teens had changed the cour…
Harvey Weinstein Accuser Kaja Sokola Protests as Defense Reads and Questions Her About Private Journal: ‘I’m Not on Trial Here’
Harvey Weinstein’s legal team resumed their questioning of Kaja Sokola, one of the convicted movie mogul’s accusers, on Tuesday during his retrial in Manhattan. The defense questioned the former Polish model about a private journal in which she documented people who had sexually assaulted her — but notably did not include Harvey Weinstein. Instead, the former Hollywood producer was mentioned in other contexts, including an entry referring to “…
Polish Model Protests as Harvey Weinstein Lawyers Read From Her Diary in Court: 'I'm Not on Trial Here'
A former teen model on the stand to testify against Harvey Weinstein protested Tuesday as the disgraced movie mogul’s attorneys began to read from her personal diary in the Manhattan courtroom where his sexual assault retrial is into its second week. Facing cross-examination in her third day of testimony, Kaja Sokola was confronted by defense lawyers with passages from the journal, written in 2015 in Polish. Kaja protested, saying it was for a s…
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers confront Polish model with decade-old diary in emotional showdown during NYC sex-crimes retrial
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers stunned the courtroom Tuesday when they produced a decade-old personal diary belonging to accuser Kaja Sokola – a dramatic reveal that sparked an emotional showdown over the unexpected piece of evidence.
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