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Kaja Sokola said that allegedly being sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein when she was just 16 years old ripped up her “dreams, dignity and self.”
Sokala — who is the youngest known victim of the infamous movie producer’s alleged assaults — met Weinstein in 2002 at a modeling event. Hearing she was interested in acting, he invited her for lunch a few days later.
But instead of going out to eat, the then 50-year-old mogul took her back to his apartment where he allegedly molested her. As she fought back tears and screamed while attempting to leave, Weinstein allegedly blocked the door and yelled that she needed to calm down and work on her stubbornness.
“It’s been very tough for a long time,” the Polish-born model turned psychologist told Page Six exclusively at the New York Film Festival premiere of “She Said.”
“When you are a kid you don’t know any better, at least me, I was full of trust,” she explained. “I was in my home full of love and secure and then I ended up here being completely alone, it’s not time to talk but the fashion industry is not the best.
“So, yes, it definitely harmed me in many ways and I’m not talking just about sexual abuse, I’m talking about ripping up my dreams, my dignity, my self.”
Sokola, who is working on a book of her own, shared that the traumatic event has reverberated through her life.
“I know that so many choices I made later in my life, relationships that I was continuing, were based on the trauma, co-dependency and emotional abuse.”
Carey Mulligan (left) and Zoe Kazan star in “She Said” as two New York Times reporters who exposed Harvey Weinstein.
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Carey Mulligan (left) and Zoe Kazan star in “She Said” as two New York Times reporters who exposed Harvey Weinstein.
©Universal/Courtesy Everett Col
Carey Mulligan (left) and Zoe Kazan star in “She Said” as two New York Times reporters who exposed Harvey Weinstein.
©Universal/Courtesy Everett Col
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