Ex-model takes the stand in Harvey Weinstein’s retrial. The prior jury never heard about her
By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Days into Harvey Weinstein’s first sexual assault trial in 2020, prosecutors privately spoke for the first time with a former model who alleged that he had forced oral sex on her.
But that jury was never told about Kaja (KEYE’-ah) Sokola’s claim. Prosecutors have said they still were investigating the allegation when Weinstein, a onetime movie tycoon-turned- #MeToo pariah, was convicted in February 2