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 Woody Allen has been dodging allegations of abusing adopted daughter Dylan Farrow since 1992.
Woody Allen has been dodging allegations of abusing adopted daughter Dylan Farrow since 1992.
Woody Allen’s adopted daughter Dylan Farrow recounted her allegation of sexual abuse by the legendary film director in an open letter that was posted on a New York Times blog on Saturday, February 1.

The open letter is viewed by many as the first time Dylan Farrow has publicly written about the sexual abuse, which she claimed in the letter occurred in 1992 when she was seven-years-old. The letter was published on the blog by Farrow in conjunction with the Writers Guild Awards, for which Allen had been nominated but did not win for his film Blue Jasmine.

“What’s your favorite Woody Allen movie? Before you answer, you should know: when I was seven years old, Woody Allen took me by the hand and led me into a dim, closet-like attic on the second floor of our house,” said Dylan’s open letter, which was posted on Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s blog.

“He told me to lay on my stomach and play with my brother’s electric train set. Then he sexually assaulted me.”

According to CNN, Allen’s representatives have not responded to a CNN request for comment.

The year 1992 was the aftermath of the now well-known affair between Allen and Soon-Yi Previn, who was Mia Farrow’s adopted daughter with composer Andre Previn. At that time Mia Farrow accused the filmmaker of molesting Dylan. About a week later, Allen filed for custody of his three children with Farrow – Moses and Dylan, who were adopted, and Satchel, their biological son, who now goes by Ronan Farrow (and who famously tweeted insinuations of the sexual abuse of his sister during this year’s Golden Globes tribute to Woody Allen).

“A team of investigators from Yale-New Haven Hospital that was retained by the Connecticut State Police subsequently concluded Dylan had not been abused,” according to an account in the Times, which covered the custody proceedings.

Acting Justice Elliott Wilk of New York’s State Supreme Court “said it was unlikely that Mr. Allen could be prosecuted for sexual abuse based on the evidence,” the newspaper reported. “But while a team of experts concluded that Dylan was not abused, the judge said he found the evidence inconclusive,” CNN reported.

A former prosecutor who decided against pressing charges in the case declined to comment on the details in Dylan Farrow’s letter to CNN on Sunday.

“As a prosecutor I really can’t comment on the substance of the statement of this now young woman. As a father of a child not too much older than this young woman, I can only say I hope she finds some peace and solace in the way she’s expressing herself,” former Connecticut State’s Attorney Frank Maco said. “I hope she had access to my written statement of decision. My statement is as valid today as it was 20 years ago.”

According to CNN Maco told reporters in 1993 that he believed there was probable cause to arrest Allen. But he said he had decided not to press charges, with Mia Farrow’s support, “rather than exposing the child to possible harm.”

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