Did anyone else feel her heart sink while reading Nicholas Kristof's column in today's New York Times? The title is "Dylan Farrow's Story."
Kristof quotes form a letter Dylan wrote upon learning that Woody Allen, whom she accused of molesting her when she was 7, received a Golden Globe lifetime achievement award a few weeks ago.
She's now 28 and been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress syndrome. You can read the column here.
For years, I've thought that the allegations against Allen, made by Mia Farrow and their adopted daughter, Dylan, during Farrow and Allen's custody battle, were false, prompted by Farrow's hysteria over learning that Allen (God, this is complicated) had a relation with one of her adoptive daughters, Soon-Yi Previn, whom he later married. A panel of psychiatrist sided with Allen at the time, and the prosecutor dropped the charges.
Now, for the first time, I feel myself being swayed. What do you think? I so admire Allen as an artist (just watched and loved "Blue Jasmine"), but this is very disturbing. And what to do about it if it is true?
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A reader suggested this article in The Daily Beast as giving a well-researched perspective on the allegations.
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