E963 – Going Deeper with Kaja Sokola
The Viall Files
Nick Viall
4 • 24.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2025
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Welcome back to The Viall Files: Going Deeper edition.
Trigger Warning: This episode includes content pertaining to sexual assault. Please listen at your own comfort.
On June 11th, 2025, jurors acquitted Harvey Weinstein of sexually assaulting Kaja Sokola. However, Weinstein was found guilty regarding another assault charge. Kaja bravely shares her side of the story. From what happened, to who was involved, and to why her family presented the journals…
“Don't try to separate women and split us apart."
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| 0:00.0 | Just wanted to give a quick trigger warning for the people about to listen to this episode with |
| 0:04.6 | Kaya. |
| 0:05.1 | It is a very tough conversation, but obviously a very important one. |
| 0:08.8 | She's so brave to tell her story and she makes people who have been through similar things |
| 0:12.6 | feel less alone. |
| 0:13.8 | It's honestly a very tough conversation and hard to hear, but one worth having and one |
| 0:18.1 | worth listening to. |
| 0:19.1 | So thanks for listening. |
| 0:19.9 | And thanks to Kaya for being so |
| 0:21.9 | brave. |
| 0:37.4 | You're crazy. Kaya, welcome to the Vial Files. |
| 0:39.6 | Hello, so nice to meet you. |
| 0:40.6 | Lovely to meet you. |
| 0:42.6 | We really appreciate you being here. |
| 0:50.6 | Obviously, you've been through a lot over the years, and now you finally have a chance to really talk about it. And just want to just express our appreciation first and foremost for having this conversation. |
| 0:56.0 | We look forward to getting to know you more along with just understanding your story a little bit |
| 1:02.5 | better. Just, you know, I think there's just obviously a theme when it comes to women in your |
| 1:06.8 | position or just victims of all kind of sexual assault who come forward and fight, |
| 1:13.2 | they're often reduced down to like a victim. And so much of the legal battle, you know, |
| 1:20.9 | puts you in a box. And, you know, I'm sure I imagine it feels like other people get to tell |
| 1:27.0 | your story often. So we very much |
| 1:29.3 | look forward to having this conversation, getting to know you better. |
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