If you’ve been following the sexual abuse allegations against film director Woody Allen by Dylan Farrow and the responses from Allen’s defenders, you may be just as confused as anyone about what the truth is. One argument against Allen came yesterday from Jon Lovett, former Obama speechwriter, who cited testimony from the original case.
That's what makes speaking up so risky for anyone. A predator is capable of a lot, much more when threatened. It's scary.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) February 6, 2014
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This is what the judge said about Woody Allen at the time. He's up to his old nasty tricks. pic.twitter.com/iLmrCrhNmB
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) February 6, 2014
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Dylan's story has not changed in two decades. The judge found no evidence of coaching. In fact, he said this: pic.twitter.com/hzPosDaunY
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) February 6, 2014
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Even the prosecutor in the case said publicly (which is rare) that he had probable cause to bring charges. He declined to protect Dylan.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) February 6, 2014
A babysitter was so unnerved by what she caught Woody Allen doing to Dylan, his head in her lap, she sounded the first alarm.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) February 6, 2014
But I'm close to this family, so I guess that means I'm brainwashed too. Even though everything I'm saying is in the public record.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) February 6, 2014
The power of the internet, I hope, is that powerful men like Woody Allen no longer control the story. That has to be true.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) February 6, 2014
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This is from the court's ruling. The attack that the abuse is some planted memory requires ignoring other witnesses: pic.twitter.com/sjO1g8wE89
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) February 6, 2014
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It's just so sad and awful. Hopefully Dylan coming forward will help others. But making that true is up to us too. That's all.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) February 6, 2014
Thanks for reading all this.
— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) February 6, 2014
Allen has never been prosecuted for or convicted of the alleged misconduct. As Dylan Farrow noted:
After a custody hearing denied my father visitation rights, my mother declined to pursue criminal charges, despite findings of probable cause by the State of Connecticut – due to, in the words of the prosecutor, the fragility of the “child victim.”
Allen has strongly denied Farrow’s claims.
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