Woody Allen's adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow, wrote an open letter about how her father sexually assaulted her when she was seven years-old.
In the letter, she starts off asking, "What's your favorite Woody Allen?" Then goes straight to the point.
"Before you answer, you should know: when i was seven year old, Woody Allen took me by the hand and led me into a dim, closet-like attic on the second floor of our house. He told me to lay on my stomach and play with my brother's electric train set. Then he sexually assaulted me."
Allen and Mia Farrow, Dylan's mother, started dating in 1980. He adopted Dylan and her brother Moses in 1987. They also welcomed son Ronan in 1987 as well.
The 78 year-old screenwriter has denied doing anything wrong, even back in 1993 when allegations of abuse first surfaced. In a 1992 custody battle for the children, Farrow filed charges of molestation against Allen, but the case was later dropped.
Elkan Abramowitz, Allen's lawyer, says Allen's reaction to the letter was an "overwhelming sadness." went on the Today Show on Tues., February 4. to defend Allen.
"She was a pawn in a huge fight between him and Mia Farrow years ago, and the idea that she was molested was implanted in her by her mother. And that memory is never going to go away."
According to NY Daily News, Abramowitz said the "confusion" about the case has to do with Allen's wife Soon Yi. Although she's the adopted daughter of Mia Farrow, the director started a relationship with her in 1992. The married couple now have two children together.
Mia Farrow said via Twitter: "I love my daughter. I will always protect her. A lot of ugliness is going to be aimed at me. But this is not about me, it's about her truth."
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