Replies

This is one situation where Alec Baldwin should keep his mouth shut...

I agree. In a he said/she said situation, either side could be telling the truth. Best not commit one's self to either side as there is no way to know who is telling the truth with 100% certainty. The fact that Allen married his step-daughter does make him look like a cradle-robber, but the allegations about Dylan could have been fabricated because Mia and the Wood-man were in the midst of an acrimonious divorce.

In addition to it's being a “he said/she said” situation, Dylan was a very young child at the time and under the sway of an understandably distraught mother who was enraged about the events swirling around them. It is possible Dylan Farrow was sincerely distressed by behavior on Woody Allen's part that, while non-sexual, was inappropriately overly possessive, and that she (Dylan) has conflated her distressing memories with suggestions from therapists or Mia Farrow of sexual behavior. How would a young child be sure of what really was going on? Again, this is the rare case where both the accuser and the accused could be telling the truth even though they are telling opposite stories. Alec Baldwin is not stupid and should know better than to get too specific in his defense of Woody Allen in this situation.