{"id":163952,"date":"2025-04-23T21:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T21:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/harvey-weinstein-accused-of-molesting-teen-as-new-rape-trial-gets-underway\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T21:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T21:33:09","slug":"harvey-weinstein-accused-of-molesting-teen-as-new-rape-trial-gets-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/23\/harvey-weinstein-accused-of-molesting-teen-as-new-rape-trial-gets-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvey Weinstein Accused of Molesting Teen as New Rape Trial Gets Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was back in court today for the start of a retrial after a New York appeals court overturned his original 2020 conviction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2023\/02\/harvey-weinstein-sentenced-to-additional-16-years-in-federal-prison-vile-monster-will-almost-certainly-die-behind-bars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weinstein is already in prison<\/a>, serving 16 years for a 2022 rape conviction in California.<\/p>\n<p>The retrial stems from allegations made by the two original accusers \u2014 Miriam Haley and Jessica Mann \u2014 as well as a third woman, Kaja Sokola, whose account was just heard in court for the first time today.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994807-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Disgraced Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court ahead of opening arguments in the rape and sexual assault trial against him in New York City on April 23, 2025. \" class=\"wp-image-524065 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994807-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994807-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994807-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994807-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994807-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994807-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994807-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994807-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Disgraced Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court ahead of opening arguments in the rape and sexual assault trial against him in New York City on April 23, 2025. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by CURTIS MEANS\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-yet-another-weinstein-accuser-comes-forward\">Yet another Weinstein accuser comes forward<\/h2>\n<p>Sokola is a former model from Poland who alleges that Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/23\/celebrity-news\/harvey-weinstein-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-former-teen-model-as-rape-retrial-begins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Page Six<\/a>, the alleged assault took place in Weinstein\u2019s Manhattan hotel room, where he\u2019d lured Sokola \u201cwith the promise of movie scripts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sokola also alleges that Weinstein molested her at his apartment four years earlier when she was just 16. Prosecutors are not pursuing charges related to that claim, due to the statute of limitations.<\/p>\n<p>Sokola\u2019s allegations were added to the case after Weinstein\u2019s previous conviction was overturned.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant District Attorney Shannon Lucey told jurors that Weinstein used \u201cdream opportunities as weapons\u201d to prey on the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe defendant wanted their bodies, and the more they resisted, the more forceful he got,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Disgraced Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein gestures as he appears in Manhattan Criminal Court ahead of opening arguments in the rape and sexual assault trial against him in New York City on April 23, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-524067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Disgraced Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein gestures as he appears in Manhattan Criminal Court ahead of opening arguments in the rape and sexual assault trial against him in New York City on April 23, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-524067 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210996391-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Disgraced Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein gestures as he appears in Manhattan Criminal Court ahead of opening arguments in the rape and sexual assault trial against him in New York City on April 23, 2025.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by STEVEN HIRSCH\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lucey told the court that Weinstein \u201cheld the golden ticket: a chance to make it, or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has been formally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2020\/03\/harvey-weinstein-sentenced-to-23-years-in-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">charged with raping Mann<\/a> and forcing oral sex on Haley and Sokola.<\/p>\n<p>While Page Six describes today\u2019s courtroom as \u201cpacked,\u201d the outlet also notes that Weinstein\u2019s most recent trial is not nearly as big a story as the previous two were.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout Weinstein\u2019s first trial, protestors gathered outside the courthouse and heckled the defendant with chants of \u201crapist,\u201d which could be heard inside. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis time, there was none of that,\u201d the outlet reported today.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Disgraced Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court ahead of opening arguments in the rape and sexual assault trial against him in New York City on April 23, 2025.  \" class=\"wp-image-524066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Disgraced Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court ahead of opening arguments in the rape and sexual assault trial against him in New York City on April 23, 2025.  \" class=\"wp-image-524066 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2210994724-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Disgraced Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Criminal Court ahead of opening arguments in the rape and sexual assault trial against him in New York City on April 23, 2025.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by SARAH YENESEL\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The change is no doubt partially due to cultural changes that have taken place since the start of the #MeToo movement. <\/p>\n<p>But it might have more to do with the fact that Weinstein\u2019s case is simply old news, as most observers have concluded that the ailing 73-year-old will likely die in prison regardless of the outcome of this latest trial.<\/p>\n<p>However, it seems that Weinstein has not given up hope that he\u2019ll one day walk free. And for his accusers, the desire for justice is no doubt as strong today as it was when they first came forward.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/04\/harvey-weinstein-accused-of-molesting-teen-as-new-rape-trial-gets-underway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was back in court today for the start of a retrial after a New York appeals court overturned his original 2020 conviction. Weinstein is already in prison, serving 16 years for a 2022 rape conviction in California. The retrial stems from allegations made by the two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-163952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}