Woody Allen's Adopted Son Comes To Director's Defense In Molestation Scandal
Posted on Wed Feb 5th, 2014 9:30am PDT By X17 Staff
Over the weekend, Woody Allen's adopted daughter Dylan, 28, penned an open letter on a New York Times blog detailing how the famed filed director sexually abused her when she was seven. However, Mia Farrow and Allen's adopted son, Moses, 36, is now coming to the defense of the film icon, saying that his former flame poisoned the children towards Allen as a form of vengeance for his relationship with Mia's adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn.
"My mother drummed it into me to hate my father for tearing apart the family and sexually molesting my sister," Moses told People mag. "And I hated him for her for years. I see now that this was a vengeful way to pay him back for falling in love with Soon-Yi."
Moses, who is a family therapist, continued:
- "Of course Woody did not molest my sister. She loved him and looked forward to seeing him when he would visit. She never hid from him until our mother succeeded in creating the atmosphere of fear and hate towards him. The day in question, there were six or seven of us in the house. We were all in public rooms and no one, not my father or sister, was off in any private spaces. My mother was conveniently out shopping. I don’t know if my sister really believes she was molested or is trying to please her mother. Pleasing my mother was very powerful motivation because to be on her wrong side was horrible."
Moses, who is on good terms with Allen and Soon-Yi, is currently estranged from his mother and other siblings.
Despite Moses' assertion that Dylan's letter is false, the 28-year-old is insisting that she is speaking the truth.
"This is such a betrayal to me and my whole family," Dylan said to People about her brother's claims. "My memories are the truth and they are mine and I will live with that for the rest of my life."
- "My mother never coached me," Dylan continued. "She never planted false memories in my brain. My memories are mine. I remember them. She was distraught when I told her. When I came forward with my story she was hoping against hope that I had made it up. In one of the most heartbreaking conversations I have ever had, she sat me down and asked me if I was telling the truth. She said that Dad said he didn’t do anything. and I said, 'He's lying.' "
On Monday, Mia tweeted support for her daughter, "I love my daughter. I will always protect her. A lot of ugliness is going to be aimed at me. But this is not about me, it's about her truth."
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"What's your favorite Woody Allen movie? Before you answer, you should know: when I was seven years old, Woody Allen took me by the hand and led me into a dim, closet-like attic on the second floor of our house.He told me to lay on my stomach and play with my brother’s electric train set. Then he sexually assaulted me. He talked to me while he did it, whispering that I was a good girl, that this was our secret, promising that we’d go to Paris and I’d be a star in his movies. I remember staring at that toy train, focusing on it as it traveled in its circle around the attic. To this day, I find it difficult to look at toy trains."
Allen and Dylan's mom Mia Farrow started dating in 1980, which led to the adoption of Dylan and her brother Moses seven years later. Abuse allegations began popping up in 1993 but Allen vehemently denied such actions.
