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Ex-model testifies in Harvey Weinstein retrial about alleged sexual assault

Kaja Sokola said disgraced movie mogul forced her to touch his genitals in his Manhattan apartment when she was 16

A former model has told a New York court that disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16 years old, calling it the most “horrifying thing I ever experienced.” Sokola described Weinstein’s eyes as appearing “black and scary” during the alleged assault and that he had afterwards told her to keep quiet, boasting he’d made Hollywood careers and could help her acting dreams come true. He is being transported to the court daily from Bellevue hospital after his defense team filed an emergency petition last month seeking to transfer him from Rikers Island because he is suffering from chronic myeloid leukemia, diabetes mellitus and “extensive” coronary artery disease.

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