There are some suspicious social behavior activities upon Woody Allen that makes one think.
One other thing to note is that in the movie he directed and acted in Manhattan, Allen falls romantically
in love with a teenager much younger than himself. ???? .... weird
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As with many perpetrators Allen seems to have a pattern when it comes to childhood sexual abuse. Allen engaged in a sexual relationship with his partner’s (Mia) daughter (Soon-Yi) when she was in her late teens; however he had known her since she was a young girl of ten. Questions about the nature of their relationship, how he treated her, whether or not he sexualized her and the other kids, are relevant to the story and indicate how Dylan/Malone’s allegation of sexual abuse does not exist in a vacuum, but rather within a context and pattern of a potential perpetrator. The fact that Farrow reports that at the time when Allen adopted Dylan/Malone he started receiving therapy for his “inappropriate behavior” towards her, only further complicates this story, not only about Allen but also about how much did Farrow ignore in order to keep her relationship with him.
Once Allen and Farrow separated, a custody battle over their three children began. During that time, Mia spoke about the fact that she believed that Allen had sexually molested their adopted daughter Dylan/Malone. The judge eventually found that the sex abuse charges were inconclusive, however Farrow won custody of their children. Allen was denied visitation rights with Dylan/Malone and could see the other children only under supervision. Moses, their other adopted child, who was then 14, chose not to see Allen.
In 1991, when the relationship with Soon-Yi Previn began, Allen was 56 and Previn around 19, many asked whether this relationship was “healthy” and whether it constitutes sexual abuse. We could also ask how does this relationship link with issues of race and class? If Allen came from a low income family, and was a man of color, would we even have given him the benefit of the doubt that so many tried to give Allen? If Soon-Yi was a wealthy white woman would we be more upset about their sexual relationship? Lastly, if both Woody and Soon-Yi were not a well-to-do famous couple, could they have adopted other children, given the documented allegations of abuse by Allen?
Woody Allen and Soon-Yi in 2009
In 1991, same time Allen and Farrow separated, Mia Farrow taped her young daughter Malone/Dylan saying that Woody Allen touched her inappropriately, but the case failed to make it to trial. Having worked with survivors of incest, it is not uncommon for one parent to want to tape a child’s testimony. However, in most cases, it is frowned upon by legal experts. In March 1993 New York Times reported how a team of child-abuse investigators at Yale-New Haven Hospital cleared Woody Allen of Mia Farrow’s assertion that he sexually molested their 7-year-old daughter. The findings presented to Allen and Farrow at the hospital after a seven-month inquiry, were not made public. The article goes on to say that the investigators found that the child, Dylan O. Farrow “had not been molested by anyone and concluded that a videotape that had been the centerpiece of the accusation was a result of either the child’s imagination or someone else’s manipulation. At the time, Allen made a statement “I’m just breaking even,” he said. “I never did anything. I would never molest a child.” Farrow made one too: “I will always stand by my children.” In September 1993, Connecticut State Attorney Frank Maco announced that, while he had “probable cause” to prosecute Allen on charges of sexual molestation of Dylan, he dropped the case in order to spare Dylan the trauma of appearing in court.
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