back in the 90's dylan farrow out woody allen's adopted daughter at the time
made allegations that he had molested her and sexually assaulted her when she
was just seven years old
now he was never prosecuted for that and he was never convicted
any sex crimes whatsoever partially or partly because Mia Farrow never
but filed any charges against him well now I
Dylan Farrell has released and open letter in the new york times where she
is calling woody allen out
for what he allegedly did to her so I want to read you part of what she wrote
and then you guys can judge for yourself what you think about it she says what's
your favorite Woody Allen movie
before you answer you should know when I was 7 years old woody allen took me
by the hand and led me into a damn close at like attic
on the second floor of our house he told me to lay on my stomach and play with my
brothers electric train set
then he sexually assaulted me he talked to me while he did it
whispering that I was a good girl that this was our secret promising we go to
Paris and I'd be a star in his movies
I remember staring at that toy train focusing on it as it traveled in a
circle around the attic
to this day I find it difficult to look at toy trains of
well that's obviously very very powerful yeah I don't know what to do with the
story Anna
because on the one hand I feel like
will now work in reading this guy
at in the court of public opinion and
it's never been subjected to cross testimony
look mia farrow despises woody allen head still on for hours mom writing
they had about as ugly a break up as you could possibly imagine
and by the way she did this by some for a very good reason
I mean woody allen went up hooking up with her adopted daughter
men out they still live together I mean that's pretty despicable
despicable on its face right a lot of people defending they go oh it's no big
deal they were related
they weren't there was no blood relation look I don't know
that it's like the that he should be locked up for anything
but is it totally kosher no dude is not totally coherent living together
here that he lied to her and then he later I don't mind and is some people
say no but he didn't raise for that much your idea that there's a lot of people
have had
but although on the one hand for somebody do it to get laid is kinda
heavy charge on somebody
you gotta you gotta kinda prove it otherwise it seems a little unfair
on the other hand you gonna make that up
yeah it seems like you wouldn't make that up I mean we don't know we don't
know it as they've never been tested right yeah
but it's like why would she say that and in which case
I it's its big global so I agree with you in that it's difficult to make a
judgment because if you've never been prosecuted or convicted
it's really hard to take someone's word for it at the same time
you know she's putting herself out there in the most vulnerable way possible
because people love woody allen like to the point where
his his apologists are very very aggressive right so you put yourself out
there knowing that she's gonna get a ton
have negative feedback as a result in doing so and if you are a victim of
sexual assault that's the worst place to be put in
the reason why she's doing it is because people are constantly praising him right
so if there was a tribute
to him during the Golden Globes and that was kind of what
led her to finally say which she needed to say because she had never publicly
spoken about this
but again it's really difficult to say anything when he has been prosecuted
has not been convicted we don't know what the truth is and
I the other part of the story that I don't know what to do with his so what
am I supposed to with Woody Allen movies right
like Mel Gibson has said some terrible things but I love braveheart
no I suppose to stop like braveheart am I not suppose to see any more mel gibson
movies
and so woody allen we don't know if he did it or not
let's say he didn't do it does that mean don't watch video movies anymore
I don't know what it means I think part of it I'm at work
I mean but i wanna compared to our the or acquitted murder but
by want or difference was noted think great ballplayer
well great ballplayers ever happen he wouldn't bring up football the first
time we thought it would be something
and I think what gets under her skin is when you bring them up
are you talk with a great also movies are schools you guys are forgetting
he's a Morgan to her allegations his child molester he's a
I'm not you that rapist me that stuff but idk
would be first to have her point of view that people are glossing over this
big part of who we could have been and
I maybe that's what she wants so should they not have celebrated im
as a grade film director when it appears clearly he's a great film director
no matter what else he did I don't know the answer to that question here
I think it really depends on if he's been convicted of something I mean if
he's been convicted
raping or sexually assaulting someone the no you don't you don't give him a
tribute because that's a slap in the face
%uh the victim but in this case I mean this in mind so important
if you've been sexually abused and I know it's difficult
you have to tell someone you have to press charges because if you don't
what you know twenty years later you're gonna be in a situation like this
where he is good get away with that scott free and again we don't know if he
did I'm not saying he did he got away with it but
if he had done it and you didn't press charges
yeah he's gonna get away with it and people are going to do the tributes
people are going to
idolize him and they're gonna love him thats the consequences
consequence of not going forward not pressing charges and by the way he
vehemently deny yes I have a statement from him I should probably read that so
you guys get
both sides he says it is tragic that after 20 years
a story engineered by a vengeful lover resurfaces
after it was fully vetted and rejected by independent authorities
the one to blame for Dylan's distresses me either Dylan or woody allen according
to
his lawyer I'm alan is personally responding
are very soon as he has read the article and found it untrue and disgraceful
yes so I one conclusion I have is you're right and if there's a conviction
it's a no brainer only look babe and Pete Rose from no
baseball hall of fame when he was clearly one of the best players that
ever played
for different infraction he gambled on the game right now I know this related
to the game
but it's slightly in and I'll use yeah if you're convicted child molester
okay I'm not saying people shouldn't watch your movies but they shouldn't do
glowing
tributes to you either okay but in this case he obviously hasn't been convicted
in
its at this point twenty years later nearly impossible to know who's telling
the whole truth and
keep that in mind to it might be that they're both partially true and I don't
know what that means
right where there could have been different perspectives
whole though this seems like a black and white issue you never know what happens
when both sides are told
yeah and its true victims to come forward
but we know how our society is a specialist some what's known powerful
liked
their work is light you get beaten right back down
and get threatened even people get Britain with their lives for coming
forward because they go you're lying bitch
and author John ruin the guy I like it was not even happens immediately
they beat people down and it's scary you know them if you wanna
came falling into this black hole up like depression or other stuff
because then no one believes in or some probable parents don't believe them when
they come in Tom
so it's it's hard because I get and they should your honor
but our society says not accepting it when I don't know if I mean that's
definitely true we have an issue with
the way victims raper treated today so I can imagine it would be even more
difficult twenty years ago
but that's really the only chance you have because if you don't try to
convict him the only thing that's going to happen is people are gonna say well
you say this he says that we don't know the truth is
and one last thing it under no circumstances should anyone
at mistake us for saying that we blame doing for NYE come for we wish to she
had ride
so that it could help for K prove her case
she was seven years old you know I know her I'm holler world you know how to
react at seven years old
something or a big bite out of it HAP yet and the point is mia farrow didn't
wanna
press charges she didn't want to do it so here which is so so strange