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Woody Allen denies abusing his daughter Dylan Farrow Woody Allen denies abusing his daughter Dylan Farrow
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Woody Allen has repeated his denial that he molested his adopted daughter, in a letter to the New York Times.Woody Allen has repeated his denial that he molested his adopted daughter, in a letter to the New York Times.
The film director said Dylan Farrow had been coached to make the claim by his estranged partner, Mia Farrow. The filmmaker said Dylan Farrow had been coached to make the claim by his estranged partner, Mia Farrow.
Mr Allen wrote in the newspaper that Dylan had been "used as a pawn for revenge" against him by her mother. Mr Allen, 78, wrote in the newspaper that Dylan had been "used as a pawn for revenge" against him by her mother.
Dylan Farrow wrote last week in the New York Times that Mr Allen abused her in 1992 when she was seven years old in an attic at Mia Farrow's Connecticut home.Dylan Farrow wrote last week in the New York Times that Mr Allen abused her in 1992 when she was seven years old in an attic at Mia Farrow's Connecticut home.
Mr Allen alleges that Mia Farrow orchestrated the scandal after discovering earlier that year he was having an affair with her adopted daughter from a previous partner. Mr Allen alleges that Mia Farrow orchestrated the scandal after discovering earlier in the same year that he was having an affair with her adopted daughter from a previous partner.
'Indoctrination'
The Hollywood legend began a relationship with Soon-Yi Previn when she was about 19. They wed in 1997 and remain married.The Hollywood legend began a relationship with Soon-Yi Previn when she was about 19. They wed in 1997 and remain married.
"Not that I doubt Dylan hasn't come to believe she's been molested," Mr Allen wrote in the New York Times, "but if from the age of 7 a vulnerable child is taught by a strong mother to hate her father because he is a monster who abused her, is it so inconceivable that after many years of this indoctrination the image of me Mia wanted to establish had taken root?""Not that I doubt Dylan hasn't come to believe she's been molested," Mr Allen wrote in the New York Times, "but if from the age of 7 a vulnerable child is taught by a strong mother to hate her father because he is a monster who abused her, is it so inconceivable that after many years of this indoctrination the image of me Mia wanted to establish had taken root?"
He adds: "Of course, I did not molest Dylan. I loved her and hope one day she will grasp how she has been cheated out of having a loving father and exploited by a mother more interested in her own festering anger than her daughter's well-being."He adds: "Of course, I did not molest Dylan. I loved her and hope one day she will grasp how she has been cheated out of having a loving father and exploited by a mother more interested in her own festering anger than her daughter's well-being."
'Predator'
In an open letter to the New York Times on Sunday last week, Dylan Farrow claimed Mr Allen had abused her in a "dim, closet-like attic" while she played with an electric train set.
Ms Farrow, now 28 and living in Florida, criticised Hollywood's continued celebration of "a predator [who] brought chaos into our home".
But Mr Allen said in his rebuttal that he stayed away from the cramped attic because he suffers from claustrophobia.
"When I was in the blissful early stages of a happy new relationship with the woman I'd go on to marry," he wrote, "that I would pick this moment in time to embark on a career as a child molester should seem to the most skeptical mind highly unlikely."
He points out that a panel of psychologists, appointed by US prosecutors and the police, concluded that Dylan had not been molested.
Mr Allen also wrote that he had passed a lie-detector test over the allegations, while Mia Farrow had declined to take one.
He said the article would be "my final word on this entire matter and no one will be responding on my behalf to any further comments on it by any party. Enough people have been hurt".
Mia Farrow, an actress, became romantically involved with Mr Allen in the early 1980s.
The pair, who never married and kept separate homes, jointly adopted Dylan and her brother, Moses, who has taken his father's side in the dispute.