New York – New York (AP) – Harvey Weinstein The lawyers sought Friday to raise doubts about the accusations of a former model that he sexually assaulted her repeatedly when she was a teenager.
As defense lawyer Mike Cibella began what is probably a long questioning of Kaja SokolaHe pointed out the differences in some details of his testimony this week and what he told a great jury last year.
Cibella also pointed out that although the documents have indicated that Weinstein and Sokola were known in 2006, no witnesses or documents corroborate their story of complying with the producer of influential films four years earlier in a Manhattan nightclub. He was 16 years old at that time and alleges that he first attacked her sexually days after they met.
Sokola is the second of three accusers in testifying in the new sexual rape and sexual assault of Weinstein, and is the only one that was not part of Hollywood Honcho de Hollywood First trial in 2020.
Weinstein is Being reused Because a Court of Appeals his #MeToo 2020 milestone overturnedsaying that the judge at that time allowed harmful testimony. After reversal, prosecutors Sokola’s accusation was added to the case.
Weinstein declared himself innocent and denies sexually assaulting anyone.
The Sokola born in Polish, 39, is a psychotherapist who had a reference modeling career when she was a teenager. She testified earlier this week That Weinstein exploded his youthful interest in a career as an actor to submit it to unwanted sexual advances, starting days after they met in 2002, while he was on a modeling trip to New York.
Another alleged incident, in 2006, is the basis of an act of criminal sex against Weinstein. Sokola, who was 19 at that time, says she attracted her to a hotel room saying she had a script for her to see, then immobilized her in a bed and performed oral sex on her while imploring her did not do it.
Associated Press generally does not name the people who claim that they have been sexually assaulted, but Haley, Mann and Sokola have given their permission to be identified.
