http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/opinion/sunday/woody-allen-speaks-out.html?_r=0

I naïvely thought the accusation would be dismissed out of hand because of course, I hadn’t molested Dylan and any rational person would see the ploy for what it was. Common sense would prevail. After all, I was a 56-year-old man who had never before (or after) been accused of child molestation. I had been going out with Mia for 12 years and never in that time did she ever suggest to me anything resembling misconduct. Now, suddenly, when I had driven up to her house in Connecticut one afternoon to visit the kids for a few hours, when I would be on my raging adversary’s home turf, with half a dozen people present, when I was in the blissful early stages of a happy new relationship with the woman I’d go on to marry — that I would pick this moment in time to embark on a career as a child molester should seem to the most skeptical mind highly unlikely. The sheer illogic of such a crazy scenario seemed to me dispositive.

He makes a strong argument for his case

Nothing good will ever come of 2 wackos getting together!

I have no idea what transpired, but are we saying Woody getting with a 17 year old makes him a child molester (yes they more than likely got together before she was 17)?

He allegedly having sexual relations with his 7 year old daughter makes him a child molestor

He allegedly having sexual relations with his 7 year old daughter makes him a child molestor

His allegedly having sexual relations with a 7 year old makes him nothing!

That quote from 1976 where he says if he has a harem of 12 year olds makes him a predator. The thought that doing this is ok, makes him a predator. If he acted on it it then makes him a molestor.

Edited February 10, 201411 yr by John

Woody is a creepy little man and Mia is a hateful vengeful woman who has not gotten over being left. How long has this been going on, yet this is the first we have heard of molestation?

Definitely NOT the first we've heard of it, this is just the first time Dylan herself spoke out.

The whole damn family seems very weird and effed up. I honestly don't know who to believe or if I find any of them credible at this point. So many conflicting things I've read on both websites such as the HuffingtonPost and NBCNews.

I do think there's more to this story that both sides will ever admit. Frankly I don't see what the purpose of dragging all this out into the limelight serves. Its been decades and the chances of this having any type of impact are minimal (aside from the media focus).

I honestly don't buy the claims that Mia is crazy or irrational. Those claims only started after she found out her DAUGHTER was sleeping with her boyfriend of 12 years, who also fathered her children, not to mention the Dylan stuff. OF COURSE she's going to be insanely crazy when it comes to him. I commend her for all the good charity work she does. She could easily have been out there making huge films the past 20 years, but instead she has devoted her time to her children and to her causes. I find that commendable. I just don't see how a woman could adopt so many kids and be so evil. I know that happens, but the majority of her children have turned out incredibly well. She also has a lot of celebrity friends who speak highly of her, including Rosie O'Donnell on The View friday. I understand that you could say the same about Woody, but nobody is accusing Mia of doing anything heinous like he has been.

I have no idea what transpired, but are we saying Woody getting with a 17 year old makes him a child molester (yes they more than likely got together before she was 17)?

Yes, I am. A man who is a parental figure to a confused vulnerable teenager who turns to him for support and grooms her to have sex with him is a sexual pervert and abusive. In our society, under no circumstances is Allen's behavior acceptable, absolutely NONE. And again, if Allen was not rich and famous, most people would not give him the time of day. He would be a social outcast.

Edited February 10, 201411 yr by Ann_SS

Off topic kinda, but aren't some of Mia's adopted children now estranged from her? I know there was a lot of mixed reactions from her friends and family about her adopting so many children and not being able to care for them.

One of her adopted daughters died a few years back and Moses is estranged from her, but all the others are still supportive of her.

Yes, Moses is the only one who is estranged from her (other than Soon-Yi obviously).