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Are_we_sure ago

The custody trial did not litigate the fact of whether or not he abused Dylan. It simply wasn't the issue before the court. And since that was the case it made the custody issue a lot easier.

In short, Allen was already in therapy for acting inappropriately towards Dylan.

This is not actually the case (This is because you need find the actual testimony that occurred to get the full flavor of this case.) This therapist was a psychologist who specialized in children and her primary patient was Satchel (now Ronan) Farrow, but she was familiar with family dynamic

The psychologist, Dr. Susan Coates, also testified that while she considered Mr. Allen's relationship with his own adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, to be "inappropriately intense," the therapist never observed him acting in a sexual way toward her. And she reported that an evaluation of Dylan conducted in 1990 found the girl easily "would be taken over by fantasy" when asked to describe something as simple as an apple tree.

The testimony of Dr. Coates -- who regularly treated the couple's biological son, Satchel, from 1990 to 1992, and often conversed or met with both parents -- appeared to provide an alternative explanation for Mr. Allen's behavior toward Dylan other than the one advanced by Ms. Farrow. The actress's accusation that Mr. Allen had molested Dylan at her country house last Aug. 4 is a central issue in the custody trial in State Supreme Court in Manhattan.

Here's the full quote of what she said.

Coates will testify, “I did not see it as sexual, but I saw it as inappropriately intense because it excluded everybody else, and it placed a demand on a child for a kind of acknowledgment that I felt should not be placed on a child.”

https://www.thenation.com/article/woody-and-mia-modern-family-timeline/ This link is a very good timeline of the facts in this case.

The therapist who was apparently more on Allen's side ............. Obviously she'd be motivated not to see that, given who he was and that at that time there weren't accusations of actual abuse against him.

There's no basis to say this therapist was on Allen's side as opposed to be on the side of the truth. She knew Dylan quite well and had examined her previously. What would she not be on Dylan's side?

The Farrow side basically dismissed any professional testimony that was against their case as biased towards Woody Allen. They never did explain why the doctors would not be biased towards the child in a case of actual abuse or biased towards the truth. They only became biased after they gave their opinion. Dr Coates was first doctor called Mia Farrow called about this accusation.

I have no idea how you could speak to the doctor's motivations, let alone her obvious motivations. There's no reason to expect her to be biased. And you are wrong, as to when she made these comments. This was testimony under oath at the custody trial. This was months of after the original accusation of abuse that Dr. Coates was the first medical professional to hear about.

There is still to this day, only a single accusation. And none of the doctors or psychologists involved in this accusation would say that any abuse occurred which is why both NY and CT concluded no abuse occurred.

Psalm100 ago

From the judge's ruling in the case:

Both Dr. Coates and Dr. Schultz expressed their opinions that Mr. Allen did not sexually abuse Dylan. Neither Dr. Coates nor Dr. Schultz has expertise in the field of child sexual abuse. I believe that the opinions of Dr. Coates and Dr. Schultz may have been colored by their loyalty to Mr. Allen. I also believe that therapists would have a natural reluctance to accept the possibility that an act of sexual abuse occurred on their watch. I have considered their opinions, but do not find their testimony to be persuasive with respect to sexual abuse or visitation.  

I have also considered the report of the Yale‐New Haven team and the deposition testimony of Dr. John M. Leventhal. The Yale‐New Haven investigation was conducted over a six‐month period by Dr. Leventhal, a pediatrician; Dr. Julia Hamilton, who has a Ph.D. in social work; and Ms. Jennifer Sawyer, who has a master's degree in social work. Responsibility for different aspects of the investigation was divided among the team. The notes of the team members were destroyed prior to the issuance of the report, which, presumably, is an amalgamation of their independent impressions and observations. The unavailability of the notes, together with their unwillingness to testify at this trial except through the deposition of Dr. Leventhal, compromised my ability to scrutinize their findings and resulted in a report which was sanitized and, therefore, less credible. 

And interestingly, Dr. Leventhal himself never met with Dylan. I believe the Connecticut Magazine article goes into how the Yale-New Haven study was flawed.

But despite all this, including the judge's serious concerns about the study, Woody Allen had no problem touting it as vindicating him, the same way he and his defenders have no trouble claiming he passed a polygraph, without mentioning that he refused to take one from the police and instead "passed" the one that he took privately and paid for. 

And this (and there's still much more to read in that opinion):

Mr. Allen's deficiencies as a custodial parent are magnified by his affair with Soon‐Yi. As Ms. Farrow's companion, he was a frequent visitor at Soon‐Yi's home. He accompanied the Farrow‐Previns on extended family vacations and he is the father of Soon‐Yi's siblings, Moses, Dylan and Satchel. The fact that Mr. Allen ignored Soon‐ Yi for ten years cannot change the nature of the family constellation and does not create a distance sufficient to convert their affair into a benign relationship between two consenting adults.  

Mr. Allen admits that he never considered the consequences of his behavior with Soon‐Yi. Dr. Coates and Dr. Brodzinsky testified that Mr. Allen still fails to understand that what he did was wrong. Having isolated Soon‐Yi from her family, he left her with no visible support system. He had no consideration for the consequences to her, to Ms. Farrow, to the Previn children for whom he cared little, or to his own children for whom he professes love.  

I knew a lot about this case and Woody Allen, but have learned still more recently, and all I've learned demonstrates to me that he's a liar without a conscience and concern for others. The judge wrote at length about how he's self-absorbed and seems to lack any true consideration for the well-being of other people, and gave many examples of how that's so. And about 25 years later, those same sorts of things were evident in this interview he gave:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/woody-allen-is-creepy-af-about-soon-yi-in-the-hollywood-reporter_us_572a39e4e4b016f378946e02

Oh, and the judge's opinion addresses the major points of the pro-Allen testimony given by Dr. Coates which the old NY Times article is about.

carmencita ago

Oh Thank you so much for your Rebuttal. Awe Inspiring.

Psalm100 ago

You're welcome and thank you. I've had to be busy with other things lately but that Netflix child pornography brought me back here today. And what's more, the liberal MSM have not been covering it, up until this morning at least. Only outlets like Fox, Daily Caller, Daily Mail, Western Journalism, etc.

carmencita ago

We have to help each other out. The shills are forever contesting. Thanks A Bunch Again!

Psalm100 ago

Yes, shills are forever contesting, and forever misrepresenting. You're welcome!

carmencita ago

We are family!