A former aspiring actor and model has claimed in a new lawsuit filed Thursday that disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16. Kaja Sokola said the alleged assault occurred in 2002 and is actionable because of a new New York law that largely eliminates the statute
A former aspiring actor and model has claimed in a new lawsuit filed Thursday that disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16.
Sokola's attorney Douglas Wigdor said his client would not participate in a recently announced settlement. Weinstein inked a $47 million settlement with a number of accusers last week, but did not admit fault as part of the agreement. "Not long after I arrived in New York, I was sexually abused by Harvey Weinstein," she said in a statement."I have been living with the trauma of that day ever since."
Ben Brafman, Weinstein’s lawyer at the time, called her accusation"patently false" at the time it was filed, according to The New York Times.
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