Tracing Allen’s filmography, you quickly notice a pattern of older male characters romancing much younger female characters.
(Allen has never acknowledged that the relationship took place.)
“I felt I was the lucky one.”
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“He’s a wealthy, educated, respected man living with two 18-year-olds.”
“She had a lot more angst; it was harder for her to trust any of us.”
Soon-Yi apparently replied, “I was wondering when you were gonna make a move.”
“I think Woody spent a lot of time grooming Soon-Yi,” says Farrow family friend Priscilla Gilman.
Then, in January 1992, Mia Farrow discovered nude photos of Soon-Yi in Allen’s apartment.
“I just pounced on her,” Farrow says.
I’m not proud of that.
I love her so much, and I didn’t ever blame her."
“That was sort of when I realized that that’s what happens if I say no.
Doing what he says is the only way to protect myself.”
The episode concludes with an account of the alleged events of August 4, 1992.
Watching this footage, of a seven-year-old girl relating a horrific story, would be upsetting in any context.
