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waxdino ago

I think most people know he molested his children then married one of his daughters. What is there to expose? People just need to get it through their brains that we need to not accept that behavior.

Are_we__sure ago

Well the psychiatrists and social workers who examined Dylan Farrow said no abuse occurred which is why he was never charged. And this was no a case of looking back years later. Mia took her to the doctor right away

Sonn Yi Previn was the adopted daughter of Mia's ex husband Andre Previn.

waxdino ago

As I recall, the medical doctors found Dylan "intact," as in, perhaps he didn't penetrate, but doesn't mean she wasn't molested.
And, I'm sure I don't even need to say this- obviously it wasn't his biological daughter given the legality of their marriage. But anyone with a fucking brain and no penchant for defending pedophiles knows that grooming and marrying one's own stepdaughter implicates some deep mental and sexual abuse.

Are_we__sure ago

That was not the only reason they said abuse didn't happen. They also interviewed her several times. Her story was not consistent about details not regarding abuse. If they asked something that directly related to abuse, she did answer in her normal voice but replied with something that sounded rehearsed as if she was coached.

Was anyone arguing Soon Yi was his biological daughter? I surely wasn't. She was an orphan from South Korea when Farrow and Previn adopted her.

And she was not Allen's stepdaughter either. As he and Mia Farrow never married and never lived together. I understand your point -- whatever the technicality, he still had an affair with his girlfriend's daughter and the step sister of his own children--- however, I think you have to understand the facts of the Soon Yi affair to make sense of the case of Dylan Farrow. It's possible to think Woody is a creep for the Soon Yi thing, but that he did not do what he was accused of with Dylan.

I don't think any grooming went on and I think Soon Yi is not an abused victim but a willful adult. I think Soon Yi hated Mia Farrow and wanted out. I'm a fan of Woody Allen as director and I'm a fan of Mia Farrow as an actress (I recommend Broadway Danny Rose and Radio Days to show her range), but they both have issues. Supposedly Mia Farrow broke a chair over Soon Yi's head when she found out about the photos. This is according to Moses Farrow and I know the NY tabloids reported this back in the day.

I think this timeline is pretty accurate https://www.thenation.com/article/woody-and-mia-modern-family-timeline/

First thing to note is Farrow and Allen lived apart for their entire relationship and court records note for the first 7.5 years of their relationship, he is not around their kids. He supposed only really spends time with them on vacation. When he is around the kids, it's his kids, Satchel is his biological kid (though this is in doubt now) and he later adopts Dylan and Moses.

Until infants arrive years later, according to a court, “He had no involvement with them [the children] and no interest in them.”

Second thing is Woody and Mia's relationship starts wane just about the time they agree to have kids. Their first kid was Satchel Farrow who now goes by Ronan Farrow. He is born in late 1987 and court records say

Mr. Allen showed little or no interest in the pregnancy. It is not disputed that Ms. Farrow began to withdraw from Mr. Allen during the pregnancy and that afterwards she did not wish Satchel to become attached to Mr. Allen.

Third thing is the Dylan accusations come well after the Soon Yi Affair AND during a period of time when Allen and Farrow are negotiating child care payments. Soon Yi was 20 years old when Mia found nude photos of her in Allen's house. She was not a child. Supposedly the affair started when she returned home from college, Mia suggested Woody take her to a basketball game. It is Mia Farrow's behavior before the Dylan Farrow accusation that makes people doubt this story.

So here's the timeline. January 1992: Mia Farrow finds intimate Polaroids of her (adopted) daughter Soon-Yi Previn, age 20, under a box of tissues on the mantle in Allen’s Manhattan apartment. After confronting Soon-Yi and confirming the affair, she tells all but the youngest children what she has learned.

February 1992: Farrow gives Allen a Valentine, a family photograph with the children pierced by trussing skewers, and herself pierced by a steak knife wrapped in a photo of Soon-Yi.

Over the next several months, according to Dr. Coates’s testimony, Farrow’s rage intensifies while she and Allen privately try to come to some agreement about the future: “I felt it was a really dangerous situation.” Court records establish that Farrow did not conceal her rage from her children. Coates advised Allen not to visit Farrow and the children at her country house in Connecticut. “In my clinical evaluation, this was a place where protection was needed.” Allen does not heed the warning.

July 1992: Farrow learns that the affair between Woody and Soon-Yi has not ended.

While visiting in Connecticut to celebrate Dylan’s seventh birthday, Allen finds a note in Farrow’s handwriting on his bathroom door (more accurately, the door of a bathroom near the guest room where he slept):

Child Molester at Birthday Party! Molded then abused one sister now focused on youngest sister Family disgusted

August 1, 1992: In a call to Dr. Coates, Mia, distraught over the Soon-Yi affair, says Woody is “satanic and evil.” She begs the psychologist to “find a way to stop him.” In the same conversation she asks Dr. Coates, “Do you think I should marry him?” Coates’s testimony: “I said, ‘Are you serious?’” Coates added that Farrow “heard my reaction to it, and realized there was something absurd about it.”

Read the rest for all the pros and cons of the accusation itself. But suffice to say it came about during an already toxic environment.

https://www.thenation.com/article/woody-and-mia-modern-family-timeline/

AugustaJulia ago

She repeated her allegations recently, as an adult. I tend to believe her.