In recent years and particularly over the last year or so, Dylan Farrow's accusations of abuse against Woody Allen have been more prevalent in the news than ever before.
Her brother Ronan and mother Mia Farrow have also weighed in behind her, with the former being heavily involved in the 'MeToo' campaign in his capacity as a journalist, while many actors who have worked with Woody Allen over the years have publicly expressed their regret for doing so. Indeed, Allen's latest film has been 'shelved indefinitely' because of the ongoing controversy.
However, with Moses Farrow - Dylan and Ronan's adoptive brother, and Mia Farrow's adoptive son - since coming out and revealing how he was himself physically and mentally abused by Farrow as a child, in a blog post published in May, now Soon-Yi Previn (Woody Allen's wife of almost 21 years and Farrow and Andre Previn's adoptive daughter) has also broken her silence on the matter in an explosive new interview with New York Magazine.
In it, she describes a childhood that chimes with Moses Farrow's own account, detailing both physical and mental abuse at the hands of Mia Farrow and revealing in her own words how her relationship with Allen developed over the years.
She reveals how Farrow punished her for her learning disability as a child, for not learning English quickly enough after being adopted from South Korea, and suggests that Farrow was 'obsessed' with Ronan (then called Satchel) when he was a child.
She also admits that her relationship with Allen was a 'huge betrayal on both our parts'. “I know this is no justification,” she says, "but Mia was never kind to me, never civil. And here was a chance for someone showing me affection and being nice to me, so of course I was thrilled and ran for it. I’d be a moron and an idiot, retarded... if I’d stayed with Mia."
Since the piece was published, both Ronan Farrow and Dylan Farrow have denounced it on social media, the former calling it 'shameful'. Mia Farrow has not yet commented.
Statement on New York magazine, which has done something shameful here: pic.twitter.com/xGeQP341OG
— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) September 17, 2018
My statement on New York Magazine: pic.twitter.com/xml6pdaZqb
— Dylan Farrow (@RealDylanFarrow) September 17, 2018
I'm grateful to my siblings for standing by me and my mother. Statement from Matthew Previn, Sascha Previn, Fletcher Previn, Daisy Previn, Ronan Farrow, Isaiah Farrow, and Quincy Farrow: pic.twitter.com/aBjWFUJjdH
— Dylan Farrow (@RealDylanFarrow) September 17, 2018