Defence questions ex-model who accuses Harvey Weinstein of sex assaults

Harvey Weinstein appears in state court in Manhattan for his retrial in New York (Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP)

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers have sought to raise doubts about a former model’s sexual assault allegations against him, noting that she did not mention a key claim for years, even in her own lawsuits.

In Weinstein’s ongoing sex crimes retrial, Kaja Sokola has accused the former film studio boss of repeatedly sexually abusing her when she was a teenage fashion model.