The film intimates that Allen “groomed” Soon-Yi over a period of years, and that his sexual interest in her may have actually began when she was in high school, providing the following carefully worded text: Allen claims his relationship with Soon-Yi began after her first semester of college in December 1991. “And I just kind of turned around and walked the other way, because I didn’t want him to know that I had seen it.”, Mia Farrow recounts how Allen would “kneel in front of [Dylan] or sit next to her and put his face in her lap, which I caught a couple of times, and I didn’t think it was right.” Her sister Tisa Farrow offers even more damning testimony, revealing that during a visit to their Connecticut country home in the summer, as the young kids were running around naked by the beach, “Mia handed Woody a thing of sunscreen to put on, and he was rubbing Dylan’s back… His hand went down between her buttocks and kind of lingered there and suggestively—I have to say suggestively, because that’s what it was—went between her buttocks’ cheeks with his finger and then came back. He was done. Allen v. Farrow is an American documentary television miniseries directed by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering that explores the Woody Allen sexual abuse allegation.It consists of four episodes and premiered on February 21, 2021, on HBO.. The couple broke their silence about “Allen v. Farrow” shortly after the first of four episodes in the docuseries aired. The Connecticut State Police investigation, meanwhile, discovered that Allen was inconsistent about whether he’d ever been in the attic with Dylan, and three childcare specialists from separate agencies found that Dylan’s testimony was “consistent,” “honest,” and believed “the victim was telling the truth.” The investigators concluded that “an arrest warrant be issued for the accused” on the charges of 1st- and 4th-degree sexual assault of a minor. Episodes of Allen v. Farrow end with the text, “Woody Allen denies ever having been violent or sexually abusive with Dylan. In addition to clips of his films, often pairing older men with barely of-age women, the docuseries features Christina Englehardt, the supposed inspiration for Mariel Hemingway’s character in Manhattan, who met Allen when she was 16, and says the two became romantic when she turned 17 (“It’s taken a toll on how I’ve been in relationships,” she maintains of Allen). “He would come, and she would run away from the door, and say, ‘Hide me! I’m scared…of him…” she said. Was it truly in her best interest to put her on the stand?”. So if you stay still, then um… we can go to Paris,” Dylan remarks later on in the video. For years the “train in the attic” controversy has swirled. Both Allen’s doorman and the building manager testified in court to having seen Soon-Yi visit Allen many times during her senior year of high school and first year of college. There’s footage of Allen receiving a standing ovation at the 2002 Academy Awards, and a montage of A-list actors who worked with Allen after 1992 singing his praises, from Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem to Penelope Cruz. To bring somebody like that… He should never have been in the family.”. And we just went downstairs.”. “I called Mia and said, ‘Allison said that she saw Dylan sitting on the couch with Woody kneeling on the floor with his head buried in her lap. The fissure in the family persists to this day. Almost immediately, Allen is said to have developed an obsession with Dylan. “If I could take it all back I would,” she said in the finale, which aired on March 14. If you decide you need to talk about it, I’m there with you… and I’m super proud. “At one point, we were all sitting at the dinner table and we were eating spaghetti. HBO has released a new trailer for its upcoming docuseries about the accusations of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving his then-7-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow. In Allen v. Farrow, a number of childcare professionals—from child psychologists to case workers—break down the New Haven report, and find a number of perceived oddities, including the fact that Hamilton and Sawyer interviewed Dylan a staggering nine times over the course of three months—unheard of for an alleged victim of child sexual abuse. Like, I was being treated like I was lying.”. Meanwhile, a news report at the time by Rosanna Scotto of local Fox 5 NY alleges, “Here at the Episcopal School on Manhattan’s East Side, sources tell us exclusively that Woody Allen was so obsessed with Dylan, who was then 3 years old, that parents and teachers began talking about how Allen would sit in the doorway, positioned, to watch Dylan in the classroom.”. He also denies ever having been sexually inappropriate with any teenaged girl.”. That’s wonderful,’” Mia said. If that’s part of an evolution, oh my gosh. There’s a lot of… That little girl is in a lot of pain.”. Still, Dylan claims that she could not yet bring herself to come forward about Allen’s uncomfortable behavior toward her—both because she still felt it was the way fathers treated their daughters, and that she feared his wrath. It felt like a long time,” Dylan says in the film. There was nobody else around, and he was directing me on how to suck his thumb—telling me what to do with my tongue, and I think that lasted a while. He went from a father figure to a person who is a predator who we have to keep out of the house and protect ourselves from,” attests Fletcher Previn, Mia’s child from a previous marriage who was partially raised by Allen. “It has taken me a long time to reconcile that you can love somebody and be afraid of them,” Dylan Farrow states at the beginning, and how cathartic it is to see her ready to talk about something we have wanted to know more about for years. Dylan Farrow (L) and Mia Farrow attend the 2016 Time 100 Gala. The few journalists who weren’t complicit in Allen’s PR campaign were women, including Maureen Orth of Vanity Fair, whose piece detailing the Farrows’ side didn’t make the cover of the magazine, though she did find out that Allen had refused to submit to Connecticut State Police’s polygraph test, and instead opted for a private polygraph by a hired hand. During the episode, the Husbands and Wives actress reflected on the impact that her romance had on her family as well as the acrimonious split that followed. Have news, pics or video on a breaking news story? Clips from the grainy home video, dated Aug. 5, 1992, are shown in Allen v. Farrow, and they are incredibly upsetting. Following the news of the investigations into his alleged child sexual abuse, Allen decides to hold a packed press conference at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, where he declares his love for Soon-Yi and argues that Farrow concocted the Dylan abuse story to get back at him for it. “And then I go…I’m shaking, thinking, oh my God. What Allen v. Farrow doesn’t have: original interviews with Allen or anyone close to the family who might take his side. “I don’t know [what makes me fearful]. the shocking custody case between Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, with allegations of abuse against hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, the findings of the custody case between Farrow and Allen. Allen v. Farrow makes the case that Allen has a predilection for young women. “In the end, the result was that people with power were able to get the case removed,” Gloria Steinem, who supported Williams’ case, says in the film. That’s my great regret of my life. Over the years, Allen’s defenders have often cited the report by the Yale New Haven Child Abuse Sex Clinic, which was commissioned by Connecticut state prosecutor Frank Maco. “And he grabs me by the back of my neck and shoves my face down into my plate of hot spaghetti, and that was sort of when I realized that that’s what happens if I say no. Then came the alleged incident on Aug. 4, 1992, which Dylan says changed everything. Casey Pascal’s children were over, along with their babysitter, Allison Stickland; Mia’s babysitter, Kristi Groteke, was around to watch over her flock; and Sophie Berge, Dylan and Ronan’s French tutor, was also there. If you decide never to talk about it, believe me I understand. The series features home videos and interviews with family members, including Allen's accuser Dylan Farrow. HBO's 'Allen v. Farrow' Woody Allen documentary suggests star took America for a ride on the Gaslight Express, with Dylan Farrow and Ronan Farrow as passengers In Allen v. Farrow a visibly terrified Mia admitted that she supported her daughter and son Ronan’s decision to speak out about the alleged assault as adults, but she braced herself for attacks from her ex as a result. “The thing that kept on showing up was this sort of focus he had on very young women,” he reveals. Farrow' docuseries:Why 'reluctant' Mia and Dylan Farrow talked, Woody Allen's response 'Allen v. Farrow' Episode 2: Woody proposed 'father-daughter … The doctor then, unbeknownst to Mia, reported it to the police. Court testimony suggests their relationship may have begun much earlier. “Allen v. Farrow” concerns what happened to a seven-year-old girl, and her decision to talk about it decades later.