A Timeline of All the Events Depicted in ‘Allen v. Farrow’
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The personal life of acclaimed actor slash director Woody Allen has not been kept secret; on the contrary, it’s been so well documented in the media that his name has basically become a pop culture reference. But what is less known are the intimate details of his troubled relationship with actress Mia Farrow, his controversial marriage to Mia’s adopted daughter Soon-Yi, and the allegations of sexual assault by his other stepdaughter Dylan Farrow.
Allen v. Farrow is a four-part investigative docuseries that follows the fallout of Mia’s relationship with Allen (although the two were never officially married). It features Dylan, Ronan, and Mia Farrow; guest appearances from Mia’s other children from her late ex-husband André Previn (Fletcher and Daisy); and testimonies from family friends and experts.
Below is a timeline of events in the series
1977: Mia and her late husband composer André Previn adopt Soon-Yi (7 years old) from South Korea.
1979: Mia and Allen meet for the first time after being introduced following Mia’s divorce from Previn. The two never married but had a long and public relationship, with Allen adopting some of Mia’s children.
1980: Mia adopts Moses Farrow (2 years old) from South Korea.
July 11, 1985: Mia adopts Dylan Farrow (2 weeks old) from Texas.
December 19, 1987: Mia gives birth to Ronan (born Satchel) Farrow, with Allen as the presumed father.
December 1991: Allen adopts Dylan and Moses. It is around this time that Allen (then 56) would be having his affair with Soon-Yi (then 21).
January 13, 1992: Mia discovers Soon-Yi and Allen are having an affair through nude photographs of her adopted daughter in Allen’s apartment. In the docuseries, she describes the photos as “graphic.”
August 4, 1992: This was the first instance of when Dylan claimed Allen sexually abused her; Dylan would have been 7 years old.
August 5, 1992: A family friend informs Mia that Dylan’s babysitter caught Allen inappropriately touching Dylan.
August 13, 1992: Allen sues Mia for full custody of Ronan, Moses, and Dylan.
August 17, 1992: Allen goes public with his relationship with his stepdaughter Soon-Yi. An investigation opens on Allen and the allegations of sexual abuse.
August 18, 1992: Allen denies the allegations of child sexual abuse in a public statement. This is not the last time Allen has claimed Mia is “manipulating” Dylan into making false claims, and members of camp Allen have insisted Mia has continued to coach Dylan over the years.
March 18, 1993: Allen is found innocent of all charges alleging that he molested Dylan.
May 3, 1993: A controversial statement is put out by John Leventhal, the doctor who theorized that Mia was coaching Dylan through her accusations. An investigation later reported that Leventhal never interviewed Dylan.
September 24, 1993: A state attorney in Connecticut declined to press charges against Allen despite having “probable cause” and saying that he believes Dylan.
June 7, 1993: Mia wins full custody of Ronan, Moses, and Dylan as ruled by New York State Supreme Court Justice Elliot Wilk. The judge also denied visitation rights with Dylan to Allen, citing him as “self-absorbed, untrustworthy, and insensitive.”
January 1994: Allen files an appeal to the custody case.
May 12, 1994: Allen is denied his appeal for custody.
December 23, 1997: Allen marries Soon-Yi in Italy; the two are still together.
November 2013: Dylan gives an interview to Vanity Fair, where she details the alleged abuse by Allen.
February 1, 2014: Dylan writes a now-viral open letter penning the alleged abuse she suffered at Allen’s hands in her youth; it becomes published in the New York Times.
February 5, 2014: Moses comes out in defense of Allen and accuses his adoptive mother, Mia, of abuse.
February 7, 2014: Allen defends himself, again, against the accusations in the New York Times.
May 11, 2016: Ronan defends Dylan and her struggle in being heard and believed in a column for the Hollywood Reporter.
December 7, 2017: Shortly after #MeToo became mainstream, Dylan wrote a Los Angeles Times op-ed about questioning Hollywood’s decision to exile Weinstein but keep allowing Allen to work despite the allegations against him.
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