Woody Allen Responds to Dylan Farrow's Sexual Harrassment Claims With a Lawyer
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Notoriously media shy director Woody Allen, who didn't even accept his own Cecile B. Demille award, has responded to his step-daughter's open letter about how he sexually harassed her as a child.
Through his lawyer of course.
"His reaction is one of overwhelming sadness because of what has happened to Dylan," Allen's lawyer Elkan Abramowitz explained on the Today Show.
Said lawyer went on to add, "She was a pawn in a huge fight between him and Mia Farrow years ago, and the idea that she was molested was implanted in her by her mother. That memory is never going to go away. So the fact that she says this now, that it happened 20 years ago, is totally understandable."
Abramowitz went on to explain that in Dylan's mind she's not lying in her letter, explaining, "In my view, she's not lying. I think she truly believes this happened. That's what the vice of this is. When you implant a story in a fragile 7-year-old's mind, it stays there forever. It never goes away."
"Woody Allen is not interested in suing anybody for defamation. He was determined not to have molested his daughter 20 years ago. The case is over. There is no case. The fact that it is being brought up now is suspect. The timing is suspect."
When pressed about the timing, Abramowitz concluded, "I think that it's a continuation of Mia Farrow's desire to hurt Woody Allen. And Woody Allen is now riding fairly high. He got the Golden Globe Award for lifetime achievement, which he totally deserved. And I believe it revived the anger that she has toward him."