A former model testifying in Harvey Weinstein’s retrial on sexual assault charges is being questioned about a private journal she wrote a decade ago.
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Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in state court in Manhattan in New York, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Kaja Sokol arrives at Manhattan criminal court before the start of Harvey Weinstein's trial in New York, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. ’s retrial on sexual assault charges was confronted on the stand Tuesday with a private journal where defense attorneys say she wrote about people who sexually abused her.protested that it shouldn’t be discussed in open court as she’d written it as part of a substance abuse treatment program years ago.“This is very inappropriate,” she pleaded as the attorney began to cite portions of the text, which they say was originally written in Polish in 2015. “Please don’t read that. This is my personal things. I’m not on trial here.”He assured her later that he would allow the jury to hear limited questioning around the document. The judge also said he had concerns about the journal’s completeness and authenticity, wondering how defense lawyers had obtained what appears to be private medical records. “This might backfire tremendously” for the defense, Farber said at one point, as prosecutors also strongly opposed inclusion of the journal as evidence in the trial. “That’s the risk they’re willing to take.” Sokola, who is now a 39-year-old psychotherapist, continued to push back. Her testimony was expected to resume Tuesday afternoon after a lunch break. “This is unethical,” she insisted to the judge. “I would never do this to my patient, and I would never do this to myself.” Michael Cibella, one of Weinstein’s lawyers, told Farber that the defense team intends to question Sokola on a part of the journal where she describes at least five sexual assaults she’s suffered over her life. Weinstein, they say, is not among those she named, though he does appear elsewhere in the journal. They say she references her frustration and disappointment after a “Harvey W” had led her along, “promising me help” but “nothing came out of it.”that Weinstein exploited her dreams of an acting career to subject her to unwanted sexual advances, starting days after they met in 2002, while she was a 16-year-old on a modeling trip to New York. Some of those allegations are beyond the legal time limit for criminal charges, but Weinstein faces a criminal sex act charge over Sokola’s claim that he forced oral sex on her in 2006.. The guilty verdict pertained to allegations from two other women, who also have testified or are expected to testify at the retrial.His lawyers, in their cross-examination of Sokola that began Friday, have sought to raise doubts about her allegations, portraying her as a wannabe actor who tried to leverage her consensual relations with the former studio boss. The Associated Press generally does not name people who allege they have been sexually assaulted, but Sokola has given her permission to be identified. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
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