Harvey Weinstein accuser blames shock reveal of her decade-old journal for his acquittal on her accusations

A former Polish mannequin who accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault blamed the shock revelation of her decade-old journal – and her sister’s betrayal – for jurors not discovering him responsible of the rap this week.

Kaja Sokola, 39, admitted feeling deeply harm over a dramatic showdown on the stand when she discovered her long-lost, personal Alcoholics Nameless restoration journal that Weinstein’s protection legal professional mentioned had been given to them by her sister.

“I don’t suppose there could be a verdict like that if my sister didn’t give that journal,” she instructed The Submit Friday.

The legal professionals used the journal – which talked about two individuals who sexually assaulted Sokola, however not Weinstein – to sow doubt over her accusations that the Tinseltown terror forcibly carried out oral intercourse on her at a Tribeca lodge in 2006, days shy of her twentieth birthday.

“They had been attempting to make use of the dirtiest techniques that they’ll,” she mentioned.

However Sokola mentioned she was nonetheless very completely happy the jury at Weinstein’s bombshell Manhattan retrial convicted him on one other lady’s accusations as a result of it ensures the perv producer doubtless will spend the remainder of his life in jail.

The squabbling jurors on Wednesday discovered Weinstein, 73, responsible of a legal intercourse act cost for allegedly assaulting Miriam “Mimi” Haley, a former TV manufacturing assistant.

However they acquitted the disgraced intercourse fiend on the identical cost related to Sokola’s accusations, which she had detailed in tear-filled testimony final month.

Jurors additionally couldn’t attain a verdict on a rape depend stemming from a 3rd sufferer, Jessica Mann, resulting in a mistrial on that cost.

Sokola mentioned the end result relating to her cost didn’t matter as long as Weinstein was held accountable for his predatory habits.

“I’m not bitter,” she mentioned, however added, “I used to be stunned.”

The psychotherapist’s path to the witness stand got here after an appeals court docket overturned Weinstein’s conviction in his watershed 2020 Manhattan trial, through which Haley and Mann had testified, however not Sokola.

Prosecutors introduced Haley and Mann again for the retrial, and likewise requested Sokola to testify — which she mentioned was a tough choice for her to make.

“It’s simple to overlook now we have this energy – it’s not gone, it’s there,” she instructed The Submit.

Sokola testified that Weinstein assaulted her thrice, beginning when she was simply 16 in 2002.

However throughout cross-examination Weinstein’s legal professionals confronted her with the journal that included entries on “rape” and “pressured intercourse” about different individuals who had allegedly sexually abused her, however that solely talked about the Hollywood producer as soon as. 

Sokola contended she wrote about Weinstein’s alleged rape in different diaries she not has entry to — and felt blindsided by her sister’s obvious collaboration with the producer’s protection.

“She manipulated the state of affairs and selected this one workbook,” the previous mannequin mentioned.

Weinstein’s legal professional Arthur Aidala didn’t return a name for remark.

Sokola, regardless of her painful expertise, mentioned she wouldn’t discourage survivors of sexual assault from coming ahead.

“Don’t keep alone with that, it’s a very powerful factor,” she mentioned.