NEW YORK, May 8 -- A Polish model testified yesterday against fallen film mogul Harvey Weinstein in his retrial on sex assault charges, the first time the woman claiming the former Miramax boss forced oral sex on her has been heard in criminal court.

Kaja Sokola, 39, alleges that Weinstein sexually assaulted her in spring 2006 in a Manhattan hotel, claims the former cinema scion denies.

While the other accusers in the New York case - onetime production assistant Miriam Haley and then-aspiring actress Jessica Mann - testified at Weinstein's original trial, Sokola is being heard for the first time.

The accounts of the other two women helped galvanise the #MeToo movement nearly a decade ago, but the case is being re-prosecuted as Weinstei...