We collect cookies to analyze our website traffic and performance; we never collect any personal data.Cookies Policy
Accept
Michigan Post
Search
  • Home
  • Trending
  • Michigan
  • World
  • Politics
  • Top Story
  • Business
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Real Estate
    • Startups
    • Autos
    • Crypto & Web 3
  • Tech
  • Lifestyle
    • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Beauty
    • Art & Books
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Education
Reading: Harvey Weinstein accuser says movie mogul ‘took her soul’ throughout alleged sexual assault
Share
Font ResizerAa
Michigan PostMichigan Post
Search
  • Home
  • Trending
  • Michigan
  • World
  • Politics
  • Top Story
  • Business
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Real Estate
    • Startups
    • Autos
    • Crypto & Web 3
  • Tech
  • Lifestyle
    • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Beauty
    • Art & Books
  • Health
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Education
© 2024 | The Michigan Post | All Rights Reserved.
Michigan Post > Blog > Entertainment > Harvey Weinstein accuser says movie mogul ‘took her soul’ throughout alleged sexual assault
Entertainment

Harvey Weinstein accuser says movie mogul ‘took her soul’ throughout alleged sexual assault

By Editorial Board Published May 9, 2025 3 Min Read
Share
Harvey Weinstein accuser says movie mogul ‘took her soul’ throughout alleged sexual assault

An ex-model has tearfully instructed a court docket that being sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein when she was 16 was essentially the most “horrifying thing I ever experienced” to that time.

Warning: This text accommodates references to sexual assault

Kaja Sokola instructed the movie producer’s retrial that he ordered her to take away her shirt, put his hand in her underwear, and made her contact his genitals.

She mentioned he’d stared at her within the mirror with “black and scary” eyes and instructed her to remain quiet concerning the alleged assault in a Manhattan resort in 2002.

Ms Sokola instructed the New York court docket that Weinstein had dropped names resembling Penelope Cruz and Gwyneth Paltrow, and mentioned he might assist fulfil her Hollywood dream.

“I’d never been in a situation like this,” mentioned Polish-born Ms Sokola. “I felt stupid and ashamed and like it’s my fault for putting myself in this position.”

Weinstein denies sexually assaulting anybody and is again in court docket for a retrial after his conviction was overturned final yr.

Picture:
Weinstein denies the allegations. Pic: Reuters

The 73-year-old isn’t charged over the alleged sexual assault as a result of it occurred too way back to convey prison costs.

Nonetheless, he’s going through costs over an incident 4 years later when he is mentioned to have compelled Ms Sokola to carry out oral intercourse on him.

Prosecutors declare it occurred after Weinstein organized for her to be an additional in a movie.

“My soul was removed from me,” she instructed the court docket of the alleged 2006 assault, describing how she tried to push Weinstein away however that he held her down.

Ms Sokola – who’s waived her proper to anonymity – is the second of three girls to testify and the one one who wasn’t a part of the primary trial in 2020.

Miriam Haley, an accuser testifying at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial, arrives to the courtroom after a break in New York, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Picture:
Miriam Haley testified beforehand within the retrial. Pic: AP

Miriam Haley final week instructed the court docket that Weinstein compelled oral intercourse on her in 2006. The opposite accuser, Jessica Mann, is but to seem.

Claims in opposition to the movie mogul have been a significant driver for the #MeToo motion in opposition to sexual harassment and abuse in 2017.

Weinstein’s attorneys allege the ladies consented to sexual exercise within the hope of getting movie and TV work and that they stayed involved with him for some time afterwards.

TAGGED:accuserallegedassaultFilmHarveymogulsexualsoulWeinstein
Share This Article
Facebook Twitter Email Copy Link Print

HOT NEWS

Commentary: After Dodgers’ disastrous World Sequence Recreation 1 loss, doubt has crept in

Commentary: After Dodgers’ disastrous World Sequence Recreation 1 loss, doubt has crept in

Sports
October 25, 2025
Slicing money ISA allowance may backfire – and make mortgages costlier, MPs warn

Slicing money ISA allowance may backfire – and make mortgages costlier, MPs warn

Slicing the annual allowance for money ISAs may backfire in a number of methods, an…

October 25, 2025
Lansing Mayor's race Candidate Dialog

Lansing Mayor's race Candidate Dialog

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) -- Lansing's mayoral candidates Kelsea Hector and Andy Schor joined 6 Information…

October 25, 2025
Revealed: The plan for a ‘New Gaza’ – and the 4 militias Israel is backing to defeat Hamas

Revealed: The plan for a ‘New Gaza’ – and the 4 militias Israel is backing to defeat Hamas

Israel could have agreed to cease preventing in Gaza, however it's backing armed teams that…

October 25, 2025
May the UK run out of consuming water? Consultants say ‘quick adjustments’ wanted

May the UK run out of consuming water? Consultants say ‘quick adjustments’ wanted

Consultants are warning that with out "fast changes" the UK might run out of consuming…

October 25, 2025

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE

Rapper Ghetts charged after man killed in hit-and-run

The rapper Ghetts has been charged after a person was killed in a hit-and-run in northeast London.The musician, whose actual…

Entertainment
October 24, 2025

Kim Kardashian identified with mind aneurysm

Kim Kardashian has revealed that she has been identified with a mind aneurysm. Footage from the newest season of The…

Entertainment
October 24, 2025

‘Folks need you to remain in your lane’: Reese Witherspoon on her ‘deeply private’ resolution to put in writing a novel

It's "pretty surreal", Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon admits, discovering herself on the high of The New York Occasions bestsellers…

Entertainment
October 24, 2025

What’s true in regards to the Australian movie basic, The Dish, 25 years on, and what’s simply spinning a superb yarn

“You treat us like a pack of galahs.   Just because I don’t wear a tie or spend all day…

Startups
October 24, 2025

Welcome to Michigan Post, an esteemed publication of the Enspirers News Group. As a beacon of excellence in journalism, Michigan Post is committed to delivering unfiltered and comprehensive news coverage on World News, Politics, Business, Tech, and beyond.

Company

  • About Us
  • Newsroom Policies & Standards
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Careers
  • Media & Community Relations
  • Accessibility Statement

Contact Us

  • Contact Us
  • Contact Customer Care
  • Advertise
  • Licensing & Syndication
  • Request a Correction
  • Contact the Newsroom
  • Send a News Tip
  • Report a Vulnerability

Term of Use

  • Digital Products Terms of Sale
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Settings
  • Submissions & Discussion Policy
  • RSS Terms of Service
  • Ad Choices

© 2024 | The Michigan Post | All Rights Reserved

Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Lost your password?