Dylan Farrow claims Woody Allen touched her private parts when she was 7: 'I didn't want him to do it'
In what comes as a startling revelation, Oscar-winning director Woody Allen allegedly "touched the private parts" of his adoptive daughter, Dylan Farrow, when she was seven. Farrow recalled the moment in the four-part HBO documentary, 'Allen v Farrow', which examines the long-spanning sexual abuse allegations against the decorated filmmaker, which he has denied.
Dylan, 35, had previously said Allen led her to the attic of their house. "He told me to lay on my stomach and play with my brother’s electric train set. Then he sexually assaulted me," she recalled, as per a report from The Sun. She was seven at the time. The footage in the documentary includes events that went back to 1992. In the home video, she tells her mother, Mia, who filmed her, that Allen told her: "Do not move, I have to do this." Despite an investigation by the state police, Allen was never arrested or prosecuted.
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"I didn't want him to do it, mama. I didn't like it," she said. According to Daily Beast, the clip sees Mia asking her daughter about what exactly happened when she replied: "We went into your room, and we went into the attic. Then he started telling me weird things." She added: "Then secret he went into the attic [inaudible] went behind me and touched my privates." When asked where he had touched, she reportedly pointed to her vaginal area.
Allen and his longtime girlfriend Mia split in 1992 after revelations for his affair with Mia's adopted 22-year-old daughter, Soon-Yi. During the time of their split, she accused him of sexually abusing Dylan. The report also added that a prosecutor decided not to charge the director in 1993. As per Connecticut law, a prosecutor who receives an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor generally has five years to bring charges. One of the stories by The Sun last year about Allen's memoir explored his relationship with Soon-Yi while still dating Mia.
The official synopsis of the HBO docu reads: "A four-part series documenting the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving Dylan, his then 7-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow; their subsequent custody trial, the revelation of Allen's relationship with Farrow's daughter, Soon-Yi; and the controversial aftermath in the years that followed."
Variety's Daniel D'Addario in his review of the documentary said: "What is new here are not necessarily revelations but indications of degree. The mistrust between Woody Allen and Mia Farrow, for instance, ran so deep as to yield video recordings of Dylan’s accusations against her father shot by Mia, as well as taped phone calls between the two parents."
"But there can, throughout “Allen v. Farrow,” come a point at which embroidery around the edges of the Farrow testimony takes away from the story being put forward for the record. Early recounting of just how successful Allen’s career was feels simply unnecessary for most viewers, if perhaps important for some future audience," the review opined.
The four-part series is a weekly feature that releases on February 21 at 9 pm ET/PT on HBO.