Veteran Hollywood director Woody Allen was accussed of sexually assaulting his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow. Nearly 25 years after making the accusations, Dylan again made a public statement during a TV interview to make herself heard. Now, the director’s son Moses Farrow has published a blog post defending his father against claims.
The post published on Wednesday, titled “A Son Speaks Out”, opened with an explanation as to why Moses felt inclined to write about the situation. It also detailed multiple allegations that Mia physically and verbally abused Moses and his siblings.
The blog read, “I’m a very private person and not at all interested in public attention. But, given the incredibly inaccurate and misleading attacks on my father, Woody Allen, I feel that I can no longer stay silent as he continues to be condemned for a crime he did not commit.”
The memories he recounted in the blog, of his time with Allen were all positive, while he claimed Mia physically harmed him and his siblings, as well as “brainwashed” them to fear her and hate Allen. Moses further wrote, “It pains me to recall instances in which I witnessed siblings, some blind or physically disabled, dragged down a flight of stairs to be thrown into a bedroom or a closet, then having the door locked from the outside.”
Recalling an abusive incident carried out by Mia, he wrote, “She even shut my brother Thaddeus, paraplegic from polio, in an outdoor shed overnight as punishment for a minor transgression.”
He ended the essay by denying the allegation that Allen sexually assaulted Dylan, saying that Allen would have never had the opportunity to commit the act. At the end of the post, Moses also addressed the actors who severed ties with Allen and wrote: “To the actors who have worked with my father and have voiced regret for doing so: You have rushed to join the chorus of condemnation based on a discredited accusation for fear of not being on the ‘right’ side of a major social movement.”
-With IANS inputs