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Ex-model takes the stand in Harvey Weinstein's retrial. The prior jury never heard about her
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FILE - Kaja Sokola attends the premiere of "She Said" as part of AFI Fest in Los Angeles, Nov. 4, 2022. - photo by Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP File
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 2020 of charges based on other women's accusations.