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    Home - UK News - Harvey Weinstein accuser says film mogul ‘took her soul’ during alleged sexual assault

    Harvey Weinstein accuser says film mogul ‘took her soul’ during alleged sexual assault

    Harvey Weinstein accuser says film mogul ‘took her soul’ during alleged sexual assault

    Harvey Weinstein accuser says film mogul ‘took her soul’ during alleged sexual assault

    • WTX News Editor
    • May 9, 2025
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    • Kaja Sokola, a key witness, recounted her experiences of being sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein at age 16, describing it as the most “horrifying” experience of her life.
    • Sokola detailed the assault in a Manhattan hotel, where Weinstein allegedly forced her to perform sexual acts, using his influence and intimidation.
    • Weinstein, who denies all allegations, is on trial facing charges related to a separate incident four years later in which he allegedly forced Sokola to perform oral sex.

    Harvey Weinstein accuser says film mogul ‘took her soul’ during alleged sexual assault

    An ex-model has tearfully told a court that being sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein when she was 16 was the most “horrifying thing I ever experienced” to that point.

    Kaja Sokola told the film producer’s retrial that he ordered her to remove her blouse, put his hand in her underwear, and made her touch his genitals.

    She said he’d stared at her in the mirror with “black and scary” eyes and told her to stay quiet about the alleged assault in a Manhattan hotel in 2002.

    Ms Sokola told the New York court that Weinstein had dropped names such as Penelope Cruz and Gwyneth Paltrow, and said he could help fulfil her Hollywood dream.

    “I’d never been in a situation like this,” said Polish-born Ms Sokola. “I felt stupid and ashamed and like it’s my fault for putting myself in this position.”

    Weinstein denies sexually assaulting anyone and is back in court for a retrial after his conviction was overturned last year.

    Weinstein continues to deny the allegations

    The 73-year-old is not charged over the alleged sexual assault because it happened too long ago to bring criminal charges.

    However, he is facing charges over an incident four years later when he’s said to have forced Ms Sokola to perform oral sex on him.

    Prosecutors claim it happened after Weinstein arranged for her to be an extra in a film.

    “My soul was removed from me,” she told the court of the alleged 2006 assault, describing how she tried to push Weinstein away but that he held her down.

    Ms Sokola – who’s waived her right to anonymity – is the second of three women to testify and the only one who wasn’t part of the first trial in 2020.

    Miriam Haley testified previously in the retrial

    Miriam Haley last week told the court that Weinstein forced oral sex on her in 2006. The other accuser, Jessica Mann, is yet to appear.

    Claims against the film mogul were a major driver for the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and abuse in 2017.

    Weinstein’s lawyers allege the women consented to sexual activity in the hope of getting film and TV work and that they stayed in contact with him for a while afterwards.

    Kaja Sokola, a key witness, recounted her experiences of being sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein at age 16, describing it as the most "horrifying" experience of her life.
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