Woody Allen Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Personal life == Allen has been married three times: to Harlene Rosen from 1956 to 1959, [[Louise Lasser]] from 1966 to 1970, and [[Soon-Yi Previn]] since 1997. He also had a 12-year relationship with actress [[Mia Farrow]] and relationships with [[Stacey Nelkin]] and [[Diane Keaton]]. === Early marriages and relationships === In 1956, Allen married Harlene Rosen. He was 20 and she was 17. The marriage lasted until 1959.<ref name="timemag-3">{{cite magazine|title=Woody Allen: Rabbit Running|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877848-3,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501134517/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877848-3,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 1, 2008 |magazine=Time |page=3 |date=July 3, 1972 |access-date=August 4, 2009}}</ref> Rosen, whom Allen called "the Dread Mrs. Allen" in his standup act, sued him for [[defamation]] as a result of comments he made during a television appearance shortly after their divorce. In his mid-1960s album ''Standup Comic'', Allen said that Rosen had sued him because of a joke he made in an interview. Rosen had been [[Rape|sexually assaulted]] outside her apartment. According to Allen, the newspapers reported that she had been "violated". In the interview, Allen said, "Knowing my ex-wife, it probably wasn't a [[moving violation]]." In an interview on ''[[The Dick Cavett Show]]'', Allen repeated his comments and said that she "sued me for a million dollars".<ref name="CavettTube">{{cite web|title=Dick & Woody discuss particle physics|website = [[YouTube]]|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xq5Nh2UqCc#t=309 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/9xq5Nh2UqCc| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|access-date=November 18, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 1966, Allen married [[Louise Lasser]]. They divorced in 1970. Lasser provided voice dubbing in Allen's ''[[What's Up, Tiger Lily?]]'' and appeared in three of his other films: ''[[Take the Money and Run (film)|Take the Money and Run]]'', ''[[Bananas (film)|Bananas]]'', and ''[[Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (film)|Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)]]''. She also appeared briefly in ''[[Stardust Memories]]''. According to the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]'' was based on Allen's romantic relationship with actress [[Stacey Nelkin]].<ref name="Nelkin">{{cite web|title=Stacey Nelkin|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-hween-teen-nelkin-photo.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521124823/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-hween-teen-nelkin-photo.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 21, 2014|access-date=September 3, 2018|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Her bit part in ''[[Annie Hall]]'' ended up on the [[cutting room floor]], and their relationship, never publicly acknowledged by Allen, reportedly began when she was 17 and a student at [[Stuyvesant High School]] in New York.{{sfn|Fox|1996|pp=[https://archive.org/details/woodymoviesfromm0000foxj/page/111 111–112]}}{{sfn|Bailey|2001|p=61}}{{sfn|Baxter|1998|pp=226, 248, 249, 250, 253, 273–74, 385, 416}} In December 2018 ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' interviewed Babi Christina Engelhardt, who said she had an eight-year affair with Allen that began in 1976 when she was 17 years old (they met when she was 16), and that she believes the character of Tracy in ''Manhattan'' is a composite of any number of Allen's presumed other real-life young paramours from that period, not necessarily Nelkin or Engelhardt. When asked, Allen declined to comment.<ref>{{cite news|last=Baum|first=Gary|date=December 17, 2018|title=Woody Allen's Secret Teen Lover Speaks: Sex, Power and a Conflicted Muse Who Inspired 'Manhattan'|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/woody-allens-secret-teen-lover-manhattan-muse-speaks-1169782|access-date=December 17, 2018}}</ref> === Diane Keaton === [[File:Diane Keaton, Woody Allen, Jerry Lacy Play it Again, Sam Broadway.JPG|thumb|Allen with [[Diane Keaton]] and [[Jerry Lacy]] in the play ''[[Play It Again, Sam (play)|Play It Again, Sam]]'']] In 1968,<ref>{{cite web|author=Raechal Shewfelt|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/woody-allen-defender-diane-keatons-long-history-director-215711186.html|work=Yahoo!|title=Woody Allen defender Diane Keaton's long history with the director|date=January 30, 2018}}</ref> Allen cast [[Diane Keaton]] in his Broadway show ''[[Play It Again, Sam (film)|Play It Again, Sam]].'' During the run she and Allen became romantically involved. Although they broke up after a year, she continued to star in his films, including ''[[Sleeper (1973 film)|Sleeper]]'' as a futuristic poet and ''[[Love and Death]]'' as a composite character based on the novels of [[Leo Tolstoy|Tolstoy]] and [[Fyodor Dostoevsky|Dostoevsky]]. ''[[Annie Hall]]'' was very important in Allen's and Keaton's careers. It is said that the role was written for her, as Keaton's birth name was Diane Hall. She then starred in ''[[Interiors]]'' as a poet, followed by ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]''. In 1987, she had a cameo as a nightclub singer in ''[[Radio Days]]'', and she was chosen to replace [[Mia Farrow]] in ''[[Manhattan Murder Mystery]]'' after Allen and Farrow began having problems with their relationship. In total Keaton has starred in eight of Allen's films. As of 2018 Keaton and Allen remain close friends.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mumford|first=Gwilym|date=January 30, 2018|title=Diane Keaton: 'Woody Allen is my friend and I continue to believe him'|newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/30/diane-keaton-woody-allen-dylan-farrow|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> In a rare public appearance, Allen presented Keaton with the [[AFI Life Achievement Award]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Woody Allen Makes Rare L.A. Appearance at Diane Keaton AFI Event|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/woody-allen-makes-rare-la-appearance-at-diane-keaton-afi-event-1011793|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 8, 2017}}</ref> === Mia Farrow === Allen and [[Mia Farrow]] met in 1979 and began a relationship in 1980;<ref name="Lax24Feb1991">{{cite news|last1=Lax|first1=Eric|date=February 24, 1991|title=Woody and Mia: A New York Story|website=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/24/magazine/woody-and-mia-a-new-york-story.html|access-date=November 15, 2018}}</ref> Farrow starred in 13 of Allen's films from 1982 to 1992.<ref name="CNN11May2016">{{cite news|date=May 11, 2016|title=Woody Allen, Mia Farrow family tree|website=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/02/03/showbiz/gallery/allen-farrow-family-tree/index.html|access-date=November 15, 2018}}</ref> Throughout the relationship they lived in separate apartments on opposite sides of [[Central Park]] in Manhattan. Farrow had seven children when they met: three biological sons from her marriage to composer [[André Previn]], three adopted girls (two Vietnamese and one South Korean, [[Soon-Yi Previn]]), and an adopted South Korean boy, [[Moses Farrow]].<ref name="Lax24Feb1991" /> In 1984, she and Allen tried to conceive a child together; Allen agreed to this on the understanding that he need not be involved in the child's care. When the effort failed, Farrow adopted a baby girl, [[Dylan Farrow]], in July 1985. Allen was not involved in the adoption, but when Dylan arrived he assumed a parental role toward her and began spending more time in Farrow's home.<ref name="Stern10Feb2014">{{cite news|last1=Stern|first1=Marlow|date=February 10, 2014|title=Inside the Shocking Custody Case Court Documents that Shed Light on the Dylan Farrow-Woody Allen Saga|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-shocking-custody-case-court-documents-that-shed-light-on-the-dylan-farrow-woody-allen-saga}}</ref> On December 19, 1987, Farrow gave birth to their son [[Satchel Ronan O'Sullivan Farrow]].<ref>{{cite news|date=December 22, 1987|title=Son Born to Mia Farrow And Woody Allen|newspaper=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/22/arts/son-born-to-mia-farrow-and-woody-allen.html}}</ref><ref name="ronan">{{cite magazine|date=October 2, 2013|title=Exclusive: Mia Farrow and Eight of Her Children Speak Out on Their Lives, Frank Sinatra, and the Scandals They've Endured|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/10/mia-farrow-children-family-scandal|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031041558/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/10/mia-farrow-children-family-scandal|archive-date=October 31, 2013|magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref> According to Allen, his intimate relationship with Mia Farrow ceased completely after Satchel's birth and he was asked to return her apartment key; they maintained a working relationship when they filmed a movie, and he regularly visited Moses, Dylan and Satchel, but he and Mia were only "social companions on those occasions where there'd be a dinner, an event, but after the event she'd go home and I'd go home."{{sfn|Allen|2020|p={{page needed|date=January 2022}}}} In 1991, Farrow wanted to adopt another child. According to a 1993 custody hearing, Allen told her he would not object to another adoption so long as she would agree to his adoption of Dylan and Moses; that adoption was finalized in December 1991.<ref name=Stern10Feb2014/> [[Eric Lax]], Allen's biographer, wrote in ''The New York Times'' that Allen was "there before they [the children] wake up in the morning, he sees them during the day and he helps put them to bed at night".<ref name=Lax24Feb1991/> === Soon-Yi Previn === [[File:Woody_Allen_Soon_Yi_Previn_in_Venice_-_GianAngelo_Pistoia.jpg|thumb|left|Allen and [[Soon-Yi Previn]] in Venice]] In 1977, Mia Farrow and André Previn adopted [[Soon-Yi Previn]] from [[Seoul]], South Korea. She had been abandoned. The Seoul Family Court established a Family Census Register (legal birth document) on her behalf on December 28, 1976, with a presumptive birth date of October 8, 1970;<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1TYoAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Soon+Hee+Oh,+aka+Soon+Yi+Oh%22|title=United States Congressional serial set|date=1977|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPBIAQAAMAAJ&q=%22October+8%22|title=Congressional Serial Set|date=1978|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|language=en}}</ref> according to Maureen Orth, a bone scan in the U.S. estimated that she was between five and seven years old.{{efn|[[Maureen Orth]] (''Vanity Fair'', November 1992): "Nobody knows how old Soon-Yi really is. Without ever seeing her, Korean officials put her age down as seven on her passport. A bone scan Mia had done on her in the U.S. put her age at between five and seven. In the family, Soon-Yi is considered to have turned 20 this year [1992], on October 8.<ref name=OrthNov1992/>}} According to Previn, her first friendly interaction with Allen took place when she was injured playing soccer during [[Eleventh grade|11th grade]] and Allen offered to transport her to school. After her injury, she began attending New York Knicks basketball games with Allen in 1990.<ref name="vulture.com">{{cite web|last1=Merkin|first1=Daphne|date=September 16, 2018|title=After Decades of Silence, Soon-Yi Previn Speaks|url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/09/soon-yi-previn-speaks.html|access-date=November 14, 2018|website=Vulture}}</ref> They attended more games and by 1991 had become closer.<ref name=Stern10Feb2014/> In September 1991, she began studies at [[Drew University]] in New Jersey.<ref name="Hoban">{{cite magazine|last1=Hoban|first1=Phoebe|date=September 21, 1992|title=Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Woody and Mia (But Were Afraid to Ask)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uQCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40|magazine=New York|pages=40–|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref> In January 1992, Farrow found nude photographs of Previn in Allen's home. Allen, then 56, told Farrow that he had taken the photos the day before, approximately two weeks after he first had sex with Previn.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Perez-Pena|first1=Richard|date=March 23, 1993|title=Nude Photographs Are Focus Of Woody Allen's Testimony|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/23/nyregion/nude-photographs-are-focus-of-woody-allen-s-testimony.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117221845/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/23/nyregion/nude-photographs-are-focus-of-woody-allen-s-testimony.html|archive-date=January 17, 2018}}</ref> Both Farrow and Allen contacted lawyers shortly after the photographs were discovered.<ref name=Stern10Feb2014/><ref name="OrthNov1992">{{cite news|last=Orth|first=Maureen|author-link=Maureen Orth|date=August 5, 2008|title=Mia's Story|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1992/11/farrow199211|url-status=live|access-date=November 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221205817/http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1992/11/farrow199211|archive-date=2009-02-21}}</ref> Previn was asked to leave summer camp because she was spending too much time taking calls from a "Mr. Simon", who turned out to be Allen.<ref name="Hoban" /> [[File:Soon Yi Previn and Woody Allen at the Tribeca Film Festival.jpg|thumb|[[Soon-Yi Previn]] and Allen, 2009]] In an August 1992 interview with ''[[Time Magazine]]'' Allen said, "I am not Soon-Yi's father or stepfather", adding, "I've never even lived with Mia. I've never in my entire life slept at Mia's apartment, and I never even used to go over there until my children came along seven years ago. I never had any family dinners over there. I was not a father to her adopted kids in any sense of the word." Adding that Soon-Yi never treated him as a father figure and that he rarely spoke to her before their romantic relationship, Allen seemed to see few or no problems with their relationship.<ref>{{cite web|date=July 30, 2015|title=A history of Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn describing their relationship, from "the heart wants what it wants" to "I was paternal"|url=https://www.salon.com/2015/07/30/a_history_of_woody_allen_and_soon_yi_previn_describing_their_relationship_from_the_heart_wants_what_it_wants_to_i_was_paternal/|website=Salon}}</ref> On August 17, 1992, Allen issued a statement saying that he was in love with Previn.<ref name="Weber">{{cite news|last1=Weber|first1=Bruce|date=August 18, 1992|title=Public Disclosures From the Private Life of Woody Allen|website=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/18/nyregion/public-disclosures-from-the-private-life-of-woody-allen.html|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref> Their relationship became public and "erupted into tabloid headlines and late-night monologues in August 1992."<ref name="unruly">{{cite magazine|last1=Klepp|first1=L. S.|date=February 18, 2000|title=The Unruly Life of Woody Allen|url=https://ew.com/article/2000/02/18/unruly-life-woody-allen-2/|access-date=November 14, 2018|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> Allen and Previn were married in [[Venice]], Italy, on December 23, 1997.<ref name="Collins">{{cite news|last1=Collins|first1=Glenn|date=December 25, 1997|title=Mixed Reviews Greet Woody Allen Marriage|website=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/25/nyregion/mixed-reviews-greet-woody-allen-marriage.html|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref> They have two adopted daughters,<ref name="baby">{{cite news|date=April 27, 1999|title=Woody Allen and Wife Have a Baby Daughter|website=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/27/nyregion/metro-news-briefs-new-york-woody-allen-and-wife-have-a-baby-daughter.html|access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Shoard">{{cite web|last1=Shoard|first1=Catherine|date=August 25, 2016|title=Woody Allen: 'There are traumas in life that weaken us. That's what has happened to me'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/25/woody-allen-traumas-in-life-weaken-us-cafe-society-amazon|access-date=November 14, 2018|website=The Guardian}}</ref> and live in the [[Carnegie Hill]] section of Manhattan's [[Upper East Side]].<ref name="townhouse">{{cite web|last1=Thurman|first1=Judith|date=September 21, 2016|title=Tour Woody Allen's English Country–Style Manhattan Townhouse|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/woody-allen-new-york-home-article|access-date=November 14, 2018|website=Architectural Digest}}</ref> === Sexual abuse allegation === {{Main|Woody Allen sexual abuse allegation}} According to court testimony, on August 4, 1992, Allen visited the children at Mia Farrow's home in [[Bridgewater, Connecticut|Bridgewater]], Connecticut, while she was shopping with a friend.<ref name=OrthNov1992/> The next day, that friend's babysitter told her employer that she had seen that "Dylan was sitting on the sofa, and Woody was kneeling on the floor, facing her, with his head in her lap".<ref name="MarksApril101993">{{cite news|last1=Marks|first1=Peter|date=April 10, 1993|title=Sitter Questions Allen Actions With Daughter|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/10/nyregion/sitter-questions-allen-actions-with-daughter.html}}</ref>{{sfn|Groteke|1994|p={{page needed|date=January 2022}}|ps= After Alison Stickland left Frog Hollow on the afternoon of August 4, she told Casey in passing, "I had seen something at Mia's that was bothering me." What she claimed to have seen was this: In the television room that afternoon, Dylan was sitting on the sofa, and Woody was kneeling on the floor, facing her, with his head in her lap. Casey phoned Mia the next day, August 5, and, in passing, related Alison's remark.}} When Farrow asked Dylan about it, Dylan allegedly said that Allen had touched Dylan's "private part" while they were alone together in the attic.<ref name="OrthNov1992" /> Allen strongly denied the allegation, calling it "an unconscionable and gruesomely damaging manipulation of innocent children for vindictive and self-serving motives".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barron|first1=James|date=August 19, 1992|title=Striking Back, Woody Allen Denies Child Sex-Abuse Allegation|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/19/nyregion/striking-back-woody-allen-denies-child-sex-abuse-allegation.html}}</ref> He then began proceedings in [[New York Supreme Court]] for sole custody of his and Farrow's son Satchel, as well as Dylan and Moses, their two adopted children.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weber|first1=Bruce|date=August 14, 1992|title=Woody Allen Files Child-Custody Lawsuit|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/14/nyregion/woody-allen-files-child-custody-lawsuit.html}}</ref> In March 1993, a six-month investigation by the Child Sexual Abuse Clinic of [[Yale-New Haven Hospital]] concluded that Dylan had not been sexually abused.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Perez-Pena|first1=Richard|date=March 19, 1993|title=Woody Allen Says Report Clears Him|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/19/nyregion/woody-allen-says-report-clears-him.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Marks|first1=Peter|date=April 28, 1993|title=Yale Study About Allen Flawed, Expert Testifies|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/28/nyregion/yale-study-about-allen-flawed-expert-testifies.html}}</ref> In June 1993, Judge Elliott Wilk rejected Allen's bid for custody and rejected the allegation of sexual abuse. Wilk said he was less certain than the Yale-New Haven team that there was conclusive evidence that there was no sexual abuse and called Allen's conduct with Dylan "grossly inappropriate",<ref name="HennebergerNYTimes25091993">{{cite news|last=Henneberger|first=Melinda|date=September 25, 1993|title=Connecticut Prosecutor Won't File Charges Against Woody Allen|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/25/nyregion/connecticut-prosecutor-won-t-file-charges-against-woody-allen.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Marks|first=Peter|date=June 8, 1993|title=Allen Loses to Farrow in Bitter Custody Battle|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/02/23/reviews/farrow-verdict.html}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Wilk|first=Elliot J.|title=Custody Case Ruling|date=July 6, 1993|publisher=Supreme Court: New York County|quote=The evidence suggests that it is unlikely that he could be successfully prosecuted for sexual abuse. I am less certain, however, than is the Yale-New Haven team, that the evidence proves conclusively that there was no sexual abuse.}}</ref> although not sexual.<ref>{{Citation|last=Wilk|first=Elliot J.|title=Custody Case Ruling|date=June 7, 1993|publisher=Supreme Court: New York County|quote=I did not see it as sexual, but I saw it as inappropriately intense because it excluded everybody else}}</ref> In September 1993, the state prosecutor announced that despite having "probable cause", he would not pursue charges in order "to avoid the unjustifiable risk of exposing a child to the rigors and uncertainties of a questionable prosecution".<ref name="HennebergerNYTimes25091993" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Maco|first=Frank, S.|date=November 24, 1993|title=Statement of Decision 9-24-1993|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/204662575/Statement-of-Decision-9-24-1993|access-date=March 23, 2019|website=Scribd}}</ref> In October 1993 the [[New York State Office of Children and Family Services|New York Child Welfare Agency]] of the [[New York State Department of Family Assistance|State Department of Social Services]] closed a 14-month investigation and concluded there was not credible evidence of abuse or maltreatment, and the allegation was unfounded.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Perez-Pena|first=Richard|date=October 26, 1993|title=Agency Drops Abuse Inquiry in Allen Case|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/26/nyregion/agency-drops-abuse-inquiry-in-allen-case.html|access-date=March 24, 2019|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 2014, when Allen received a [[Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award]] for Lifetime Achievement, the issue returned to the forefront of media attention, with [[Mia Farrow]] and [[Ronan Farrow]] making disparaging remarks about Allen on Twitter.<ref>{{cite news|date=January 13, 2014|title=Golden Globes 2014: Mia and Ronan Farrow tweet about Woody Allen|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|url=https://ew.com/article/2014/01/13/woody-allen-golden-globes-ronan-farrow-mia-farrow/|access-date=March 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Pulver|first=Andrew|date=January 13, 2014|title=Woody Allen Golden Globe greeted with derision by Mia and Ronan Farrow|language=en-GB|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/13/golden-globes-woody-allen-mia-farrow-tweet|access-date=March 28, 2020|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> On February 1, 2014, ''[[New York Times]]'' journalist [[Nicholas Kristof]], with Dylan's permission, published a column that included excerpts from a letter Dylan had written to Kristof restating the allegation against Allen, and called out fellow actors who have continued to work in his films.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kristof|first=Nicholas|author-link=Nicholas Kristof|date=February 2, 2014|title=Dylan Farrow's Story|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/opinion/sunday/kristof-dylan-farrows-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202020347/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/opinion/sunday/kristof-dylan-farrows-story.html |archive-date=2014-02-02 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=September 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Farrow|first=Dylan|date=February 1, 2014|title=An Open Letter From Dylan Farrow|url=https://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/an-open-letter-from-dylan-farrow/|access-date=September 8, 2020|website=On the Ground|language=en-US}}</ref> Allen responded to the allegation in an open letter, also in ''The New York Times,'' strongly denying it. "Of course, I did not molest Dylan...No one wants to discourage abuse victims from speaking out, but one must bear in mind that sometimes there are people who are falsely accused and that is also a terribly destructive thing", he wrote.<ref>{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Woody|date=February 9, 2014|title=Woody Allen Speaks Out|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/opinion/sunday/woody-allen-speaks-out.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208022539/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/opinion/sunday/woody-allen-speaks-out.html |archive-date=2014-02-08 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=September 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Hadley|last=Freeman|date=11 December 2020|title=Moses Farrow: 'I'd be very happy to take my father's surname'|url=https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/11/moses-farrow-id-be-very-happy-to-take-my-fathers-surname|access-date=28 December 2021|website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Holson|first=Laura M.|date=May 24, 2018|title=Moses Farrow Defends Woody Allen, and His Family Pushes Back|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/arts/moses-farrow-woody-allen-dylan-abuse.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524230630/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/arts/moses-farrow-woody-allen-dylan-abuse.html |archive-date=2018-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=December 28, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 2018, [[Moses Farrow]] (Mia Farrow's and Allen's adopted son who was present at her Bridgewater house during Allen's visit) published a blog post called "A Son Speaks Out." In the post, Moses strenuously denied the abuse allegations, writing, "given the incredibly inaccurate and misleading attacks on my father, Woody Allen, I feel that I can no longer stay silent as he continues to be condemned for a crime he did not commit." He also recounted a series of instances of alleged physical abuse at the hands of Mia Farrow: "It pains me to recall instances in which I witnessed siblings, some blind or physically disabled, dragged down a flight of stairs to be thrown into a bedroom or a closet, then having the door locked from the outside. [Mia] even shut my brother Thaddeus, paraplegic from polio, in an outdoor shed overnight as punishment for a minor transgression".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hoyle|first=Ben|date=May 25, 2018|title=Mia Farrow abused me, says son Moses|language=en|work=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mia-farrow-abused-me-says-son-moses-qbcdnm589|access-date=February 3, 2022|issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=A SON SPEAKS OUT By Moses Farrow|url=http://mosesfarrow.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-son-speaks-out-by-moses-farrow.html|access-date=2021-12-28|website=A SON SPEAKS OUT By Moses Farrow}}</ref> [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] remained largely split over the allegation. Some defended Dylan's allegation, while others vouched for Allen's innocence, citing potential [[extortion]] from Farrow as a result of Allen and Soon-Yi's courtship.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marks |first=Peter |date=1993-03-30 |title=Doctor Recounts Threats By Farrow Against Allen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/30/nyregion/doctor-recounts-threats-by-farrow-against-allen.html |access-date=2024-03-16 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page