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Opening statements in Harvey Weinstein ’s #MeToo rape retrial began Wednesday with a prosecutor telling jurors about the three allegations at issue in the case, including one involving a woman who wasn’t part of the original trial in 2020.
Kaja Sokola, a former model from Poland, alleges that Weinstein, once one of Hollywood’s most powerful figures, pinned her to a bed and forcibly performed oral sex on her in 2006 after luring her to his Manhattan hotel room with the promise of movie scripts. Four years earlier, Sokola alleges, he molested her at his apartment when she was just 16, Assistant District Attorney Shannon Lucey told jurors.
Weinstein, 73, is charged in connection with the 2006 allegation, but not the earlier one. Sokola previously sued over her allegations and was paid $3.5 million in settlements and compensation, Lucey said.
It’s the first time Manhattan prosecutors have detailed Sokola’s allegations, which were added to the case after New York’s highest court last year overturned Weinstein’s conviction. The rest of the retrial pertains to allegations from two women who were part of the original trial — Miriam Haley and Jessica Mann.
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