Dylan Farrow: The Fury Of A Woman Scorned
It’s all-out war once again between former partners Woody Allen and Mia Farrow. Allen’s lawyer, Elkan Abramowitz, branded child abuse allegations from two decades ago as a case of implanted memories of then 7-year old Dylan Farrow, traceable to the acrimony that surrounded the separation of her adoptive parents, Allen and Farrow.
Abramowitz appeared on The Today Show on Allen’s behalf to counter molestation allegations that were investigated and dismissed in 1993. Abramovitz revealed that Allen feels overwhelming sadness for Dylan Farrow because she was used as a pawn by Mia Farrow to get back at Allen, following their bitter separation. Coverage of the story by US Weekly quotes Abramovitz thus, “In my view, she’s not lying, she truly believes this happened…When you implant this story in a fragile 7-year-old’s mind, it stays there forever. It never goes away.”
Allegations that Allen molested his adopted daughter resurfaced recently just as Allen’s career seemed to hit another peak. In a wrenching letter published in the New York Times, Dylan Farrow explains, in excruciating detail, the alleged abuses she suffered as a child and how these incidents affected her in many ways to this day. She is now 28 and lives in Florida under a different name.
Allen married Soon-Yi Previn, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow and previous partner, Andre Previn, shortly after the molestation allegations surfaced. Previn was then 20 and Allen, 56. Previn and Allen remain married and have since adopted two children of their own.
Dylan’s letter called out celebrities associated with and supportive of Allen’s projects. “What if it had been you, Emma Stone? Or you, Scarlett Johansson? You knew me when I was a little girl, Diane Keaton. Have you forgotten me?” wrote Dylan in her explosive missive.
While many celebrities, Barbara Walters included, have voiced support for Allen, many others have taken Farrow’s side. Ronan Farrow, the only biological child of Allen and Mia Farrow, although even that is open to conjecture, voiced support for his sister. “I love and support my sister and I think her words speak for themselves,” he tweeted, shortly after Dylan Farrow’s letter was published.
Meanwhile, Abramovitz alleges that the timing of the allegations is suspicious because the matter was investigated at that time by a team of specialists from Yale-New Haven. The team found no proof of molestation, and the matter has been quiet for 20 years until now, just as Allen’s career is picking up after he was accorded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Globes. Abramovitz assures that as far as Allen is concerned, the case is closed. He will not be pursuing defamation cases against anyone.
