Woody Allen's daughter details how she was sexually abused by him in the NYT
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I think they said when she was adopted her birth year wasn't documented - it is either 1970 or 1973
For some reason it is common to put the wrong birthday down when immigrating. A lot of my friends who were born outside the US don't know their actual bday. I think it has to do with school entry.
Was she adopted here or Korea? As far as I know, they can't locate her birth records period. That's why they had to do bone scans.. Is that common? I honestly don't know, I'm curious.
A friend of mine did the same. She's actually 2 years older.
I know, disgusting right?
In other things she has said, it was recurring. She tried to hide under her bed or other places but he always found her and took her out from her hiding place. That's not a one time deal. She described the attic and what she wore, that could have been the first, the most recent when she was asked about it. She said it was repeated, and she knew enough to try and stay away. Just because she didn't go into a litany of places, days and times doesn't mean squat. Thank God she didn't fracture or splinter off into multiple personalities. If she had, would you believe her more? Doctors were treating PTSD long before the 1st responders of 911 began suffering from that disorder. It was coined as a matter of fact, to describe what children of abuse were living with. Then they realized it was the same as the problems the returning military were suffering. Look up some statistics. One in four children have been abused. If you're sitting at a table in the cafeteria, and you don't know who the child is, it could still be you. So often children don't even remember for a long time. Because the mind is trying to shelter you, so your brain is working overtime to 'forget' and strangers are asking you to remember. Not once, not twice. In the referenced article, this examiner's team questioned her 9 times.
And, elswhere on the web, I'll find the link shortly, they were talking about the millions that Woody spent to make it go away without the label of child molester or pedophile. There was enough in the file to preclude him from adopting other children according to the prosecuter. But....turns out that file went missing and hey.....Mr. and Mrs. Woody Allen, have adopted two girls themselves. How the fudge did that happen? How much did those kids cost?
Sorry if I sound like a broken record, but sure a kid that age can lie. But who do you think teaches the young victim to lie? It's usually the abuser, because of the whole "Don't tell it's our secret" thing.
,Having read a lot of the former Dylans own words, there is no doubt in my mind that her abuser was just handed a lifetime acheivement award.
You have a good heart vimrod.Because of the snow I missed the view. Thanks for this. Now I know why I'll be missing it from now on. And maybe ABC should be flooded with letters from victims of sexual abuse stating clearly why as long as Barbara's there, they won't be.
Time for her to take a seat.
Not to take sides, because obviously none of us know what happened and never will, but in regards to the WA/Soon-Yi thing, I would argue this is more common then we see/want to see. Celine Dion and her husband? Hell, my husband's uncle married his son's ex girlfriend from his freshman year in high school when she turned 18 and they've been married for 30 years with 3 kids. Granted, he wasn't a father figure to her but Renee sure as hell was to Celine.
If she was of age then let it go. That's not relevant to the abuse conversation. No one is calling the Duck Dynasty guy a pedophile for advocating the marrying of 15 year olds because they're more trainable.
If she was of age then let it go. That's not relevant to the abuse conversation. No one is calling the Duck Dynasty guy a pedophile for advocating the marrying of 15 year olds because they're more trainable.
Then I suppose we should also stop talking about Mia's character as her narcissism has absolutely nothing to do with Dylan's allegations. At all. Zero. There are a lot of people who would have taken what happened in the same way.
The only thing we should then be focusing on is Dylan's allegations. But that would mean that WA's PR team can't spin stories to protect him and show contempt for someone he abused.
And this has absolutely nothing to do with the Duck Dynasty guy?
Then I suppose we should also stop talking about Mia's character as her narcissism has absolutely nothing to do with Dylan's allegations. At all. Zero. There are a lot of people who would have taken what happened in the same way.
The only thing we should then be focusing on is Dylan's allegations. But that would mean that WA's PR team can't spin stories to protect him and show contempt for someone he abused.
And this has absolutely nothing to do with the Duck Dynasty guy?
I only brought up the DD guy and the Dions as an example of how we tend to pick and choose who we call what. That's all.
And yes, I do agree that Mia's personality is just as irrelevant. They're both effing nuts in my personal opinion, but.that aside, it doesn't matter.
From L.A Times http://articles.latimes.com/1992-08-23/news/mn-7319_1_woody-allen
Woody Allen Denies Crossing Incest Line : Relationships: The actor-director says he was never a father to Farrow's children. He also says her daughter asked him to take nude photos.
August 23, 1992
NEW YORK — Woody Allen says there are no incestuous overtones to his relationship with the adopted daughter of his ex-lover Mia Farrow, and that he took nude pictures of the young woman because she asked him to.
"I am not Soon-Yi's father or stepfather," the filmmaker told Time magazine Friday in his first interview since the affair became public. "I've never even lived with Mia. I have never in my life slept in Mia's apartment. I was not any type of father to her adopted kids in any sense of the word."
Farrow has 11 children, seven of them adopted. Allen has acknowledged becoming involved with Soon-Yi Farrow Previn, who is believed to be about 21 years old.
"I didn't feel that just because she was Mia's daughter there was any great moral dilemma," the actor-director said in the interview for Time's Aug. 31 issue.
As for the nude photographs, Allen, 56, said Previn had talked about becoming a model and, after they became lovers, asked him to take the pictures.
Farrow, 47, was Allen's lover and the star of his movies for the past 12 years. She suspected an affair when she found the photos.
A Korean orphan, Previn does not have a birth certificate, but her age has been variously given as 19 to 21.
The romance became public after Allen sued Farrow for custody of their biological son, Satchel, 4; their adopted son, Moses, 14, and their adopted daughter, Dylan, 7.
Connecticut police are said to be investigating allegations that Allen sexually molested Dylan. Farrow has made a videotape of Dylan answering questions about the allegations.
Allen accused Farrow of fabricating the charge to get the upper hand in the custody case; Farrow's supporters countered that the investigation began before he sued.
"I have not molested my daughter, nor would I ever," Allen said.
He also said Farrow called him five times Friday, wanting to negotiate an end to the publicity.
"She said, 'Can we stop this grotesque publicity circus?' And I said, 'You have hired a lawyer, you're parading relatives and the kids on television, you leaked this videotape of Dylan unconscionably.' She said, 'Can't we negotiate this?' " Allen said.
"And I said, 'First you must clear my name unequivocally. And if you do that, and we can agree to give Dylan some real therapy to get over the dreadful scars of this thing, and I am part supervisor of that therapy, then OK, we can talk and see if there's a way of toning things down.' "
Woody Allen Denies Crossing Incest Line : Relationships: The actor-director says he was never a father to Farrow's children. He also says her daughter asked him to take nude photos.
August 23, 1992
NEW YORK — Woody Allen says there are no incestuous overtones to his relationship with the adopted daughter of his ex-lover Mia Farrow, and that he took nude pictures of the young woman because she asked him to.
"I am not Soon-Yi's father or stepfather," the filmmaker told Time magazine Friday in his first interview since the affair became public. "I've never even lived with Mia. I have never in my life slept in Mia's apartment. I was not any type of father to her adopted kids in any sense of the word."
Farrow has 11 children, seven of them adopted. Allen has acknowledged becoming involved with Soon-Yi Farrow Previn, who is believed to be about 21 years old.
"I didn't feel that just because she was Mia's daughter there was any great moral dilemma," the actor-director said in the interview for Time's Aug. 31 issue.
As for the nude photographs, Allen, 56, said Previn had talked about becoming a model and, after they became lovers, asked him to take the pictures.
Farrow, 47, was Allen's lover and the star of his movies for the past 12 years. She suspected an affair when she found the photos.
A Korean orphan, Previn does not have a birth certificate, but her age has been variously given as 19 to 21.
The romance became public after Allen sued Farrow for custody of their biological son, Satchel, 4; their adopted son, Moses, 14, and their adopted daughter, Dylan, 7.
Connecticut police are said to be investigating allegations that Allen sexually molested Dylan. Farrow has made a videotape of Dylan answering questions about the allegations.
Allen accused Farrow of fabricating the charge to get the upper hand in the custody case; Farrow's supporters countered that the investigation began before he sued.
"I have not molested my daughter, nor would I ever," Allen said.
He also said Farrow called him five times Friday, wanting to negotiate an end to the publicity.
"She said, 'Can we stop this grotesque publicity circus?' And I said, 'You have hired a lawyer, you're parading relatives and the kids on television, you leaked this videotape of Dylan unconscionably.' She said, 'Can't we negotiate this?' " Allen said.
"And I said, 'First you must clear my name unequivocally. And if you do that, and we can agree to give Dylan some real therapy to get over the dreadful scars of this thing, and I am part supervisor of that therapy, then OK, we can talk and see if there's a way of toning things down.' "
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Not to beat a dead horse, but these quotes of his are shady. I understand that he may not have played an active fatherly role in Soon-yi's life, but to imply that he was in no way a fatherly figure, is CRAZY. His bio son is her brother. He actually adopted two of her (Mia's) other adopted children. When you are the father of most of soon-yi's siblings, that kinda makes you a father figure by default, no?
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