The son of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow has penned a blistering essay accusing his critically-acclaimed dad of molesting his 7-year-old sister! Ronan Farrow and sister Dylan have both gone public with their stories before — but now Ronan has been given a chance to speak out in The Hollywood Reporter as he goes after the film industry for ignoring his family’s claims. The Reporter was initially blasted by Ronan for publishing a fawning interview with Woody to promote his latest film. The comedy “Café Society” opens tonight at the Cannes Film Festival — but this new spotlight on Ronan’s explosive allegations is sure to ruin the premiere…
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Ronan's lengthy essay includes troubling accusations from his own childhood spent growing up with Woody (seen here with Dylan) — explaining why he's never doubted Dylan's claims that were published in the New York Times. "When I was seven years old," wrote Dylan, "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."
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"I believe my sister," Ronan (seen here with his mom) declares in the new essay. "This was always true as a brother who trusted her, and, even at 5 years old, was troubled by our father's strange behavior around her: climbing into her bed in the middle of the night, forcing her to suck his thumb — behavior that had prompted him to enter into therapy focused on his inappropriate conduct with children prior to the allegations."
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Ronan has also revealed his family's story about how Woody escaped criminal prosecution in the wake of the director's celebrity split with his mother: "The prosecutor met with my mother and sister...My mother and the prosecutor decided not to subject my sister to more years of mayhem. In a rare step, the prosecutor announced publicly that he had 'probable cause' to prosecute Allen, and attributed the decision not to do so to 'the fragility of the child victim.'"
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The piece in The Hollywood Reporter also attacks the New York Times for scrambling to appease Woody's powerful industry pals — and adds that the Los Angeles Times "wouldn't touch her story." Ronan (seen here with his father) noted that the New York Times gave Woody twice the space to respond to Dylan's charges, and said that was "a stark reminder of how differently our press treats vulnerable accusers and powerful men who stand accused."
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Woody's bitter son also notes that the film legend brought in a powerful PR firm to go after Dylan after the Times article — adding that he used the same firm that validated "my father's sexual relationship with another one of my siblings." (Woody and Mia were never married, but had the two children together. They broke up in 1992 after Mia discovered he had naked photos of her adopted daughter Soon-Yi, who would later marry the filmmaker in 1997.)
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Ronan might take some comfort in The National ENQUIRER's coverage of rumors that his real dad
is actually Frank Sinatra — and that the Chairman of the Board once considered
violent revenge on Woody. Ronan and Dylan have both gone after celebs who've kept working with Woody after his children's troubling charges. In the wake of controversy over
Bill Cosby's alleged assaults, Ronan is trying again to shame the stars who care more about a potential Oscar than his sister being molested.
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"Tonight," wrote Ronan, "the Cannes Film Festival kicks off with a new Woody Allen film. There will be press conferences and a red-carpet walk by my father and his wife (my sister). He'll have his stars at his side —
Kristen Stewart,
Blake Lively,
Steve Carell,
Jesse Eisenberg. They can trust that the press won't ask them the tough questions. It's not the time, it's not the place, it's just not done."
Ronan's lengthy essay includes troubling accusations from his own childhood spent growing up with Woody (seen here with Dylan) — explaining why he's never doubted Dylan's claims that were published in the New York Times. "When I was seven years old," wrote Dylan, "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."
Photo credit: Getty Images
"I believe my sister," Ronan (seen here with his mom) declares in the new essay. "This was always true as a brother who trusted her, and, even at 5 years old, was troubled by our father's strange behavior around her: climbing into her bed in the middle of the night, forcing her to suck his thumb — behavior that had prompted him to enter into therapy focused on his inappropriate conduct with children prior to the allegations."
Photo credit: Getty Images
Ronan has also revealed his family's story about how Woody escaped criminal prosecution in the wake of the director's celebrity split with his mother: "The prosecutor met with my mother and sister...My mother and the prosecutor decided not to subject my sister to more years of mayhem. In a rare step, the prosecutor announced publicly that he had 'probable cause' to prosecute Allen, and attributed the decision not to do so to 'the fragility of the child victim.'"
Photo credit: Getty Images
The piece in The Hollywood Reporter also attacks the New York Times for scrambling to appease Woody's powerful industry pals — and adds that the Los Angeles Times "wouldn't touch her story." Ronan (seen here with his father) noted that the New York Times gave Woody twice the space to respond to Dylan's charges, and said that was "a stark reminder of how differently our press treats vulnerable accusers and powerful men who stand accused."
Photo credit: Getty Images
Woody's bitter son also notes that the film legend brought in a powerful PR firm to go after Dylan after the Times article — adding that he used the same firm that validated "my father's sexual relationship with another one of my siblings." (Woody and Mia were never married, but had the two children together. They broke up in 1992 after Mia discovered he had naked photos of her adopted daughter Soon-Yi, who would later marry the filmmaker in 1997.)
Photo credit: Getty Images
Ronan might take some comfort in The National ENQUIRER's coverage of rumors that his real dad
is actually Frank Sinatra — and that the Chairman of the Board once considered
violent revenge on Woody. Ronan and Dylan have both gone after celebs who've kept working with Woody after his children's troubling charges. In the wake of controversy over
Bill Cosby's alleged assaults, Ronan is trying again to shame the stars who care more about a potential Oscar than his sister being molested.
Photo credit: Getty Images
"Tonight," wrote Ronan, "the Cannes Film Festival kicks off with a new Woody Allen film. There will be press conferences and a red-carpet walk by my father and his wife (my sister). He'll have his stars at his side —
Kristen Stewart,
Blake Lively,
Steve Carell,
Jesse Eisenberg. They can trust that the press won't ask them the tough questions. It's not the time, it's not the place, it's just not done."
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