Dylan Farrow tweeted a long plea for understanding and empathy today in the hours ahead of tonight’s HBO documentaries Allen V. Farrow airs unseen footage of her.
In the episode, a long-suppressed home video shows 7-year-old Dylan talking days after an alleged incident involving her father, Woody Allen. The timestamp indicates the date of 5 August 1992.
“We went to your room and went into the attic,” said the girl, who was cutting paper with scissors. “Then he started telling me weird things. Then he secretly enters the attic … goes after me and touches me privately. ‘
Woody Allen has strongly denied the allegations for decades, calling the documentary series an “ax track” in his own answers. He was not charged with a crime related to the alleged abuse.
The camcorder operator was her mother, Mia Farrow. The band has never been seen in public, but was allegedly given to Dylan by her mother when she came of age. She says in the tweet today that she hid it in her closet and did not watch it under the documentary.
In today’s tweet, Dylan Farrow admitted his first public broadcast caused her ‘anxiety’ and ‘sleepless nights’. She asked for “empathy, compassion and an open mind and heart.”
The full tweet:
Regarding tonight’s episode of #AllenVFarrow: pic.twitter.com/RgYIRK4Kt8
– Dylan Farrow (@RealDylanFarrow) 28 February 2021