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New York (AFP) - The adopted daughter of Woody Allen has spoken for the first time about the alleged sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of the legendary Hollywood director during her childhood.
In an open letter published on a New York Times blog, Dylan Farrow, adopted by Allen during his relationship with actress Mia Farrow, detailed being abused by the director when she was seven years old.
"He told me to lay on my stomach and play with my brother's electric train set. Then he sexually assaulted me," Farrow, 28, wrote in the letter.
"He talked to me while he did it, whispering that I was a good girl, that this was our secret, promising that we'd go to Paris and I'd be a star in his movies."
It is the first time Dylan Farrow has spoken publicly about the unproven allegations of abuse which emerged more than two decades ago in the aftermath of Allen's acrimonious split with Mia Farrow in 1992.
Allen, who left Mia Farrow after starting a relationship with the actress's adopted daughter from a previous marriage, Soon-Yi Previn, has always vigorously denied abusing Dylan Farrow.
A New York judge in the 1994 custody battle between Allen and Farrow ruled that the abuse allegations were inconclusive, while at the same time lambasted the director as "self-absorbed, untrustworthy and insensitive."
Allen's representatives could not be immediately reached for comment on Saturday after Dylan Farrow's revelations. The New York Times reported that he had refused to comment.
His adopted daughter accused the Hollywood establishment of sweeping Allen's alleged crimes under the carpet by continuing to honor his films.
Dylan with her mother Mia Farrow in 1990, two years before the alleged incident. Photo: Getty
The director's latest movie, "Blue Jasmine", is nominated for three Academy Awards at next month's Oscars, including best original screenplay for the director.
Farrow called on three of the stars of "Blue Jasmine" -- Australian actress Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin and Louis C.K. to examine their relationship with Allen, asking pointedly: "What if it had been your child?"
"Woody Allen was never convicted of any crime. That he got away with what he did to me haunted me as I grew up," she wrote.
"That torment was made worse by Hollywood. All but a precious few (my heroes) turned a blind eye. Most found it easier to accept the ambiguity, to say, 'who can say what happened,' to pretend that nothing was wrong.
"Actors praised him at awards shows. Networks put him on TV. Critics put him in magazines.
"Woody Allen is a living testament to the way our society fails the survivors of sexual assault and abuse."
@am*3 wrote:Coro St - Yes, more than odd one girl couldn't remember how old she was at the time,something one would be expected to remember. One woman did say that the actor playing Mike Baldwin warned her to stay away from the actor playing Ken Barlow at that time, but Mike wasn't even in the show at that time, as martini posted.
I welcome the return of Ken to Coro St.
Is it really "more than odd one girl couldn't remember how old she was", not really. I won't be posting again on this thread because i think its really very difficult for people (myself included) to remain objective. A lot of people have their own experiences (either directly or indirectly) which tend to get in the way of remaining objective.
The issues involved are terribly real and i don't feel its my place to speculate on specific cases.
I still don't want moany Ken back, can't stand his pretentious, pretendy lefty character.
@boris1gary wrote:
@am*3 wrote:Coro St - Yes, more than odd one girl couldn't remember how old she was at the time,something one would be expected to remember. One woman did say that the actor playing Mike Baldwin warned her to stay away from the actor playing Ken Barlow at that time, but Mike wasn't even in the show at that time, as martini posted.
I welcome the return of Ken to Coro St.
Is it really "more than odd one girl couldn't remember how old she was", not really. I won't be posting again on this thread because i think its really very difficult for people (myself included) to remain objective. A lot of people have their own experiences (either directly or indirectly) which tend to get in the way of remaining objective.
The issues involved are terribly real and i don't feel its my place to speculate on specific cases.
I still don't want moany Ken back, can't stand his pretentious, pretendy lefty character.
I agree that is impossible to remain objective if you have your own experiences to deal with.
Also I am not suggesting that for Dylan Farrow or the women in the UK that the issue isn't 'real'. But sometimes reality can be skewed and blurred for a multitude of reasons.
