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AI has broken the system: Companies seek new ways to find talent
AI has broken the system: Companies seek new ways to find talent

AU Financial Review

time24-05-2025

  • Business
  • AU Financial Review

AI has broken the system: Companies seek new ways to find talent

Fed up with sifting through thousands of CVs, and knowing he wouldn't find the talent he needed in Australia, co-founder and chief executive of cultured meat start-up Vow flew to the US twice to poach staff from SpaceX, the US aerospace company founded by Elon Musk. Aussie e-commerce tech firm Rokt recently hosted an invitation-only recruitment event in its Sydney office, flying in directors and engineers from around the world to showcase its $US3.5 billion ($5.6 billion) business and start to build a talent pipeline.

'You should be ashamed': Weinstein accuser slams lawyer
'You should be ashamed': Weinstein accuser slams lawyer

The Advertiser

time15-05-2025

  • The Advertiser

'You should be ashamed': Weinstein accuser slams lawyer

A former model has reproached one of Harvey Weinstein 's lawyers for suggesting that her sexual abuse allegations against the former studio boss are lies. "You should be ashamed of yourself," Kaja Sokola retorted. In her fifth and final day of testimony on Wednesday at Weinstein's sex crimes retrial, she maintained that she was telling the truth and that Weinstein's alleged conduct in her teens had changed the course of her life. "It changed the course of your life in that you got $US3.5 million ($A5.4 million) from false accusations?" defence lawyer Mike Cibella pressed, referring to compensation she was awarded through civil proceedings in recent years. "No. That's very unfair," Sokola said softly. "That's not true." During her days on the witness stand, she said Weinstein repeatedly offered to foster her acting ambitions but then made unwanted physical advances, beginning when she was 16 in 2002. Weinstein, 73, faces a sexual assault charge related solely to her allegation that he forced oral sex on her when she was 19. He also faces charges based on two other women's claims. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges, and his lawyers assert that his accusers had consensual sexual encounters with the Oscar-winning producer because they wanted movie and TV work. Weinstein's lawyers grilled Sokola about her requests for career help from him after the alleged assault, her motives for her civil lawsuits and criminal trial testimony, as well as her personal struggles, and even a private journal she kept for an alcohol-abuse program in her native Poland. After apparently getting the decade-old writings via the witness' sister, the defence was allowed to bring up portions in which Sokola said two other men had sexually assaulted her over the years but didn't say the same about Weinstein. Instead, she wrote that he promised her help but didn't deliver. Sokola testified on Wednesday that she had left out Weinstein's alleged sexual abuse partly because she couldn't come to terms with it at the time. Also, she said, her sponsor was in the film business in Poland and knew who Weinstein was. Cibella questioned that explanation, noting the text mentioned only "Harvey W" and nothing about his profession. Sokola said her sponsor nonetheless knew his identity because they talked about it. Tearing up as she spoke, she said she hadn't seen the black notebook for 10 years, never gave anyone permission to share it and was stunned and appalled to be confronted with it in court. "I felt very violated," said Sokola, now 39 and a psychotherapist. She was the second of Weinstein's accusers to testify at the retrial, and the only one who wasn't involved in his first trial in 2020. That proceeding led to a landmark #MeToo-era conviction that was subsequently overturned, setting up the retrial. Prosecutors decided to add Sokola's allegations to it. Another woman, Miriam Haley, already has told jurors at the retrial that Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her in 2006. The third accuser, Jessica Mann, is expected to testify in the coming days or weeks. She alleges that Weinstein raped her in 2013. A former model has reproached one of Harvey Weinstein 's lawyers for suggesting that her sexual abuse allegations against the former studio boss are lies. "You should be ashamed of yourself," Kaja Sokola retorted. In her fifth and final day of testimony on Wednesday at Weinstein's sex crimes retrial, she maintained that she was telling the truth and that Weinstein's alleged conduct in her teens had changed the course of her life. "It changed the course of your life in that you got $US3.5 million ($A5.4 million) from false accusations?" defence lawyer Mike Cibella pressed, referring to compensation she was awarded through civil proceedings in recent years. "No. That's very unfair," Sokola said softly. "That's not true." During her days on the witness stand, she said Weinstein repeatedly offered to foster her acting ambitions but then made unwanted physical advances, beginning when she was 16 in 2002. Weinstein, 73, faces a sexual assault charge related solely to her allegation that he forced oral sex on her when she was 19. He also faces charges based on two other women's claims. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges, and his lawyers assert that his accusers had consensual sexual encounters with the Oscar-winning producer because they wanted movie and TV work. Weinstein's lawyers grilled Sokola about her requests for career help from him after the alleged assault, her motives for her civil lawsuits and criminal trial testimony, as well as her personal struggles, and even a private journal she kept for an alcohol-abuse program in her native Poland. After apparently getting the decade-old writings via the witness' sister, the defence was allowed to bring up portions in which Sokola said two other men had sexually assaulted her over the years but didn't say the same about Weinstein. Instead, she wrote that he promised her help but didn't deliver. Sokola testified on Wednesday that she had left out Weinstein's alleged sexual abuse partly because she couldn't come to terms with it at the time. Also, she said, her sponsor was in the film business in Poland and knew who Weinstein was. Cibella questioned that explanation, noting the text mentioned only "Harvey W" and nothing about his profession. Sokola said her sponsor nonetheless knew his identity because they talked about it. Tearing up as she spoke, she said she hadn't seen the black notebook for 10 years, never gave anyone permission to share it and was stunned and appalled to be confronted with it in court. "I felt very violated," said Sokola, now 39 and a psychotherapist. She was the second of Weinstein's accusers to testify at the retrial, and the only one who wasn't involved in his first trial in 2020. That proceeding led to a landmark #MeToo-era conviction that was subsequently overturned, setting up the retrial. Prosecutors decided to add Sokola's allegations to it. Another woman, Miriam Haley, already has told jurors at the retrial that Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her in 2006. The third accuser, Jessica Mann, is expected to testify in the coming days or weeks. She alleges that Weinstein raped her in 2013. A former model has reproached one of Harvey Weinstein 's lawyers for suggesting that her sexual abuse allegations against the former studio boss are lies. "You should be ashamed of yourself," Kaja Sokola retorted. In her fifth and final day of testimony on Wednesday at Weinstein's sex crimes retrial, she maintained that she was telling the truth and that Weinstein's alleged conduct in her teens had changed the course of her life. "It changed the course of your life in that you got $US3.5 million ($A5.4 million) from false accusations?" defence lawyer Mike Cibella pressed, referring to compensation she was awarded through civil proceedings in recent years. "No. That's very unfair," Sokola said softly. "That's not true." During her days on the witness stand, she said Weinstein repeatedly offered to foster her acting ambitions but then made unwanted physical advances, beginning when she was 16 in 2002. Weinstein, 73, faces a sexual assault charge related solely to her allegation that he forced oral sex on her when she was 19. He also faces charges based on two other women's claims. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges, and his lawyers assert that his accusers had consensual sexual encounters with the Oscar-winning producer because they wanted movie and TV work. Weinstein's lawyers grilled Sokola about her requests for career help from him after the alleged assault, her motives for her civil lawsuits and criminal trial testimony, as well as her personal struggles, and even a private journal she kept for an alcohol-abuse program in her native Poland. After apparently getting the decade-old writings via the witness' sister, the defence was allowed to bring up portions in which Sokola said two other men had sexually assaulted her over the years but didn't say the same about Weinstein. Instead, she wrote that he promised her help but didn't deliver. Sokola testified on Wednesday that she had left out Weinstein's alleged sexual abuse partly because she couldn't come to terms with it at the time. Also, she said, her sponsor was in the film business in Poland and knew who Weinstein was. Cibella questioned that explanation, noting the text mentioned only "Harvey W" and nothing about his profession. Sokola said her sponsor nonetheless knew his identity because they talked about it. Tearing up as she spoke, she said she hadn't seen the black notebook for 10 years, never gave anyone permission to share it and was stunned and appalled to be confronted with it in court. "I felt very violated," said Sokola, now 39 and a psychotherapist. She was the second of Weinstein's accusers to testify at the retrial, and the only one who wasn't involved in his first trial in 2020. That proceeding led to a landmark #MeToo-era conviction that was subsequently overturned, setting up the retrial. Prosecutors decided to add Sokola's allegations to it. Another woman, Miriam Haley, already has told jurors at the retrial that Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her in 2006. The third accuser, Jessica Mann, is expected to testify in the coming days or weeks. She alleges that Weinstein raped her in 2013. A former model has reproached one of Harvey Weinstein 's lawyers for suggesting that her sexual abuse allegations against the former studio boss are lies. "You should be ashamed of yourself," Kaja Sokola retorted. In her fifth and final day of testimony on Wednesday at Weinstein's sex crimes retrial, she maintained that she was telling the truth and that Weinstein's alleged conduct in her teens had changed the course of her life. "It changed the course of your life in that you got $US3.5 million ($A5.4 million) from false accusations?" defence lawyer Mike Cibella pressed, referring to compensation she was awarded through civil proceedings in recent years. "No. That's very unfair," Sokola said softly. "That's not true." During her days on the witness stand, she said Weinstein repeatedly offered to foster her acting ambitions but then made unwanted physical advances, beginning when she was 16 in 2002. Weinstein, 73, faces a sexual assault charge related solely to her allegation that he forced oral sex on her when she was 19. He also faces charges based on two other women's claims. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges, and his lawyers assert that his accusers had consensual sexual encounters with the Oscar-winning producer because they wanted movie and TV work. Weinstein's lawyers grilled Sokola about her requests for career help from him after the alleged assault, her motives for her civil lawsuits and criminal trial testimony, as well as her personal struggles, and even a private journal she kept for an alcohol-abuse program in her native Poland. After apparently getting the decade-old writings via the witness' sister, the defence was allowed to bring up portions in which Sokola said two other men had sexually assaulted her over the years but didn't say the same about Weinstein. Instead, she wrote that he promised her help but didn't deliver. Sokola testified on Wednesday that she had left out Weinstein's alleged sexual abuse partly because she couldn't come to terms with it at the time. Also, she said, her sponsor was in the film business in Poland and knew who Weinstein was. Cibella questioned that explanation, noting the text mentioned only "Harvey W" and nothing about his profession. Sokola said her sponsor nonetheless knew his identity because they talked about it. Tearing up as she spoke, she said she hadn't seen the black notebook for 10 years, never gave anyone permission to share it and was stunned and appalled to be confronted with it in court. "I felt very violated," said Sokola, now 39 and a psychotherapist. She was the second of Weinstein's accusers to testify at the retrial, and the only one who wasn't involved in his first trial in 2020. That proceeding led to a landmark #MeToo-era conviction that was subsequently overturned, setting up the retrial. Prosecutors decided to add Sokola's allegations to it. Another woman, Miriam Haley, already has told jurors at the retrial that Weinstein forcibly performed oral sex on her in 2006. The third accuser, Jessica Mann, is expected to testify in the coming days or weeks. She alleges that Weinstein raped her in 2013.

Weinstein accuser blasts defence lawyer
Weinstein accuser blasts defence lawyer

The Advertiser

time15-05-2025

  • The Advertiser

Weinstein accuser blasts defence lawyer

A former model reproached one of Harvey Weinstein's lawyers for suggesting that her sexual abuse allegations against the ex-studio boss are lies. "You should be ashamed of yourself," Kaja Sokola retorted. In her fifth and final day of testimony at Weinstein's sex crimes retrial, she maintained that she was telling the truth and that Weinstein's alleged conduct in her teens had changed the course of her life. "It changed the course of your life in that you got $US3.5 million ($A5.4 million) from false accusations?" defence lawyer Mike Cibella pressed, referring to compensation she was awarded through civil proceedings in recent years. "No. That's very unfair," Sokola said softly. "That's not true." During her days on the witness stand, she said Weinstein repeatedly offered to foster her acting ambitions but then made unwanted physical advances, beginning when she was 16 in 2002. Weinstein, 73, faces a sexual assault charge related solely to her allegation that he forced oral sex on her when she was 19. He also faces charges based on two other women's claims. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges, and his attorneys assert that his accusers had consensual sexual encounters with the Oscar-winning producer because they wanted movie and TV work. Weinstein's lawyers grilled Sokola about her requests for career help from him after the alleged assault, her motives for her civil lawsuits and criminal trial testimony, as well as her personal struggles, and even a private journal she kept for an alcohol-abuse program in her native Poland. After apparently getting the decade-old writings via the witness' sister, the defence was allowed to bring up portions in which Sokola said two other men had sexually assaulted her over the years but didn't say the same about Weinstein. Instead, she wrote that he promised her help but didn't deliver. Sokola testified Wednesday that she had left out Weinstein's alleged sexual abuse partly because she couldn't come to terms with it at the time. Also, she said, her sponsor was in the film business in Poland and knew who Weinstein was. Cibella questioned that explanation, noting that the text mentioned only "Harvey W" and nothing about his profession. Sokola said her sponsor nonetheless knew his identity because they talked about it. Tearing up as she spoke, she said she hadn't seen the black notebook for 10 years, never gave anyone permission to share it and was stunned and appalled to be confronted with it in court. "I felt very violated," said Sokola, now 39 and a psychotherapist. She was the second of Weinstein's accusers to testify at the retrial, and the only one who wasn't involved in his first trial in 2020. That proceeding led to a landmark #MeToo-era conviction that was subsequently overturned, setting up the retrial. Prosecutors decided to add Sokola's allegations to it. A former model reproached one of Harvey Weinstein's lawyers for suggesting that her sexual abuse allegations against the ex-studio boss are lies. "You should be ashamed of yourself," Kaja Sokola retorted. In her fifth and final day of testimony at Weinstein's sex crimes retrial, she maintained that she was telling the truth and that Weinstein's alleged conduct in her teens had changed the course of her life. "It changed the course of your life in that you got $US3.5 million ($A5.4 million) from false accusations?" defence lawyer Mike Cibella pressed, referring to compensation she was awarded through civil proceedings in recent years. "No. That's very unfair," Sokola said softly. "That's not true." During her days on the witness stand, she said Weinstein repeatedly offered to foster her acting ambitions but then made unwanted physical advances, beginning when she was 16 in 2002. Weinstein, 73, faces a sexual assault charge related solely to her allegation that he forced oral sex on her when she was 19. He also faces charges based on two other women's claims. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges, and his attorneys assert that his accusers had consensual sexual encounters with the Oscar-winning producer because they wanted movie and TV work. Weinstein's lawyers grilled Sokola about her requests for career help from him after the alleged assault, her motives for her civil lawsuits and criminal trial testimony, as well as her personal struggles, and even a private journal she kept for an alcohol-abuse program in her native Poland. After apparently getting the decade-old writings via the witness' sister, the defence was allowed to bring up portions in which Sokola said two other men had sexually assaulted her over the years but didn't say the same about Weinstein. Instead, she wrote that he promised her help but didn't deliver. Sokola testified Wednesday that she had left out Weinstein's alleged sexual abuse partly because she couldn't come to terms with it at the time. Also, she said, her sponsor was in the film business in Poland and knew who Weinstein was. Cibella questioned that explanation, noting that the text mentioned only "Harvey W" and nothing about his profession. Sokola said her sponsor nonetheless knew his identity because they talked about it. Tearing up as she spoke, she said she hadn't seen the black notebook for 10 years, never gave anyone permission to share it and was stunned and appalled to be confronted with it in court. "I felt very violated," said Sokola, now 39 and a psychotherapist. She was the second of Weinstein's accusers to testify at the retrial, and the only one who wasn't involved in his first trial in 2020. That proceeding led to a landmark #MeToo-era conviction that was subsequently overturned, setting up the retrial. Prosecutors decided to add Sokola's allegations to it. A former model reproached one of Harvey Weinstein's lawyers for suggesting that her sexual abuse allegations against the ex-studio boss are lies. "You should be ashamed of yourself," Kaja Sokola retorted. In her fifth and final day of testimony at Weinstein's sex crimes retrial, she maintained that she was telling the truth and that Weinstein's alleged conduct in her teens had changed the course of her life. "It changed the course of your life in that you got $US3.5 million ($A5.4 million) from false accusations?" defence lawyer Mike Cibella pressed, referring to compensation she was awarded through civil proceedings in recent years. "No. That's very unfair," Sokola said softly. "That's not true." During her days on the witness stand, she said Weinstein repeatedly offered to foster her acting ambitions but then made unwanted physical advances, beginning when she was 16 in 2002. Weinstein, 73, faces a sexual assault charge related solely to her allegation that he forced oral sex on her when she was 19. He also faces charges based on two other women's claims. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges, and his attorneys assert that his accusers had consensual sexual encounters with the Oscar-winning producer because they wanted movie and TV work. Weinstein's lawyers grilled Sokola about her requests for career help from him after the alleged assault, her motives for her civil lawsuits and criminal trial testimony, as well as her personal struggles, and even a private journal she kept for an alcohol-abuse program in her native Poland. After apparently getting the decade-old writings via the witness' sister, the defence was allowed to bring up portions in which Sokola said two other men had sexually assaulted her over the years but didn't say the same about Weinstein. Instead, she wrote that he promised her help but didn't deliver. Sokola testified Wednesday that she had left out Weinstein's alleged sexual abuse partly because she couldn't come to terms with it at the time. Also, she said, her sponsor was in the film business in Poland and knew who Weinstein was. Cibella questioned that explanation, noting that the text mentioned only "Harvey W" and nothing about his profession. Sokola said her sponsor nonetheless knew his identity because they talked about it. Tearing up as she spoke, she said she hadn't seen the black notebook for 10 years, never gave anyone permission to share it and was stunned and appalled to be confronted with it in court. "I felt very violated," said Sokola, now 39 and a psychotherapist. She was the second of Weinstein's accusers to testify at the retrial, and the only one who wasn't involved in his first trial in 2020. That proceeding led to a landmark #MeToo-era conviction that was subsequently overturned, setting up the retrial. Prosecutors decided to add Sokola's allegations to it. A former model reproached one of Harvey Weinstein's lawyers for suggesting that her sexual abuse allegations against the ex-studio boss are lies. "You should be ashamed of yourself," Kaja Sokola retorted. In her fifth and final day of testimony at Weinstein's sex crimes retrial, she maintained that she was telling the truth and that Weinstein's alleged conduct in her teens had changed the course of her life. "It changed the course of your life in that you got $US3.5 million ($A5.4 million) from false accusations?" defence lawyer Mike Cibella pressed, referring to compensation she was awarded through civil proceedings in recent years. "No. That's very unfair," Sokola said softly. "That's not true." During her days on the witness stand, she said Weinstein repeatedly offered to foster her acting ambitions but then made unwanted physical advances, beginning when she was 16 in 2002. Weinstein, 73, faces a sexual assault charge related solely to her allegation that he forced oral sex on her when she was 19. He also faces charges based on two other women's claims. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges, and his attorneys assert that his accusers had consensual sexual encounters with the Oscar-winning producer because they wanted movie and TV work. Weinstein's lawyers grilled Sokola about her requests for career help from him after the alleged assault, her motives for her civil lawsuits and criminal trial testimony, as well as her personal struggles, and even a private journal she kept for an alcohol-abuse program in her native Poland. After apparently getting the decade-old writings via the witness' sister, the defence was allowed to bring up portions in which Sokola said two other men had sexually assaulted her over the years but didn't say the same about Weinstein. Instead, she wrote that he promised her help but didn't deliver. Sokola testified Wednesday that she had left out Weinstein's alleged sexual abuse partly because she couldn't come to terms with it at the time. Also, she said, her sponsor was in the film business in Poland and knew who Weinstein was. Cibella questioned that explanation, noting that the text mentioned only "Harvey W" and nothing about his profession. Sokola said her sponsor nonetheless knew his identity because they talked about it. Tearing up as she spoke, she said she hadn't seen the black notebook for 10 years, never gave anyone permission to share it and was stunned and appalled to be confronted with it in court. "I felt very violated," said Sokola, now 39 and a psychotherapist. She was the second of Weinstein's accusers to testify at the retrial, and the only one who wasn't involved in his first trial in 2020. That proceeding led to a landmark #MeToo-era conviction that was subsequently overturned, setting up the retrial. Prosecutors decided to add Sokola's allegations to it.

Weinstein accuser blasts defence lawyer
Weinstein accuser blasts defence lawyer

West Australian

time14-05-2025

  • West Australian

Weinstein accuser blasts defence lawyer

A former model reproached one of Harvey Weinstein's lawyers for suggesting that her sexual abuse allegations against the ex-studio boss are lies. "You should be ashamed of yourself," Kaja Sokola retorted. In her fifth and final day of testimony at Weinstein's sex crimes retrial, she maintained that she was telling the truth and that Weinstein's alleged conduct in her teens had changed the course of her life. "It changed the course of your life in that you got $US3.5 million ($A5.4 million) from false accusations?" defence lawyer Mike Cibella pressed, referring to compensation she was awarded through civil proceedings in recent years. "No. That's very unfair," Sokola said softly. "That's not true." During her days on the witness stand, she said Weinstein repeatedly offered to foster her acting ambitions but then made unwanted physical advances, beginning when she was 16 in 2002. Weinstein, 73, faces a sexual assault charge related solely to her allegation that he forced oral sex on her when she was 19. He also faces charges based on two other women's claims. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges, and his attorneys assert that his accusers had consensual sexual encounters with the Oscar-winning producer because they wanted movie and TV work. Weinstein's lawyers grilled Sokola about her requests for career help from him after the alleged assault, her motives for her civil lawsuits and criminal trial testimony, as well as her personal struggles, and even a private journal she kept for an alcohol-abuse program in her native Poland. After apparently getting the decade-old writings via the witness' sister, the defence was allowed to bring up portions in which Sokola said two other men had sexually assaulted her over the years but didn't say the same about Weinstein. Instead, she wrote that he promised her help but didn't deliver. Sokola testified Wednesday that she had left out Weinstein's alleged sexual abuse partly because she couldn't come to terms with it at the time. Also, she said, her sponsor was in the film business in Poland and knew who Weinstein was. Cibella questioned that explanation, noting that the text mentioned only "Harvey W" and nothing about his profession. Sokola said her sponsor nonetheless knew his identity because they talked about it. Tearing up as she spoke, she said she hadn't seen the black notebook for 10 years, never gave anyone permission to share it and was stunned and appalled to be confronted with it in court. "I felt very violated," said Sokola, now 39 and a psychotherapist. She was the second of Weinstein's accusers to testify at the retrial, and the only one who wasn't involved in his first trial in 2020. That proceeding led to a landmark #MeToo-era conviction that was subsequently overturned, setting up the retrial. Prosecutors decided to add Sokola's allegations to it.

Weinstein accuser blasts defence lawyer
Weinstein accuser blasts defence lawyer

Perth Now

time14-05-2025

  • Perth Now

Weinstein accuser blasts defence lawyer

A former model reproached one of Harvey Weinstein's lawyers for suggesting that her sexual abuse allegations against the ex-studio boss are lies. "You should be ashamed of yourself," Kaja Sokola retorted. In her fifth and final day of testimony at Weinstein's sex crimes retrial, she maintained that she was telling the truth and that Weinstein's alleged conduct in her teens had changed the course of her life. "It changed the course of your life in that you got $US3.5 million ($A5.4 million) from false accusations?" defence lawyer Mike Cibella pressed, referring to compensation she was awarded through civil proceedings in recent years. "No. That's very unfair," Sokola said softly. "That's not true." During her days on the witness stand, she said Weinstein repeatedly offered to foster her acting ambitions but then made unwanted physical advances, beginning when she was 16 in 2002. Weinstein, 73, faces a sexual assault charge related solely to her allegation that he forced oral sex on her when she was 19. He also faces charges based on two other women's claims. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges, and his attorneys assert that his accusers had consensual sexual encounters with the Oscar-winning producer because they wanted movie and TV work. Weinstein's lawyers grilled Sokola about her requests for career help from him after the alleged assault, her motives for her civil lawsuits and criminal trial testimony, as well as her personal struggles, and even a private journal she kept for an alcohol-abuse program in her native Poland. After apparently getting the decade-old writings via the witness' sister, the defence was allowed to bring up portions in which Sokola said two other men had sexually assaulted her over the years but didn't say the same about Weinstein. Instead, she wrote that he promised her help but didn't deliver. Sokola testified Wednesday that she had left out Weinstein's alleged sexual abuse partly because she couldn't come to terms with it at the time. Also, she said, her sponsor was in the film business in Poland and knew who Weinstein was. Cibella questioned that explanation, noting that the text mentioned only "Harvey W" and nothing about his profession. Sokola said her sponsor nonetheless knew his identity because they talked about it. Tearing up as she spoke, she said she hadn't seen the black notebook for 10 years, never gave anyone permission to share it and was stunned and appalled to be confronted with it in court. "I felt very violated," said Sokola, now 39 and a psychotherapist. She was the second of Weinstein's accusers to testify at the retrial, and the only one who wasn't involved in his first trial in 2020. That proceeding led to a landmark #MeToo-era conviction that was subsequently overturned, setting up the retrial. Prosecutors decided to add Sokola's allegations to it.

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