Woody Allen hits back at daughter molestation claims

NEW YORK: Woody Allen on Thursday accused his ex-lover’s family of “cynically” exploiting the Time’s Up movement to deny “discredited” allegations that he abused his daughter, seeking to fend off a growing backlash as she gave her first television interview. The 82-year-old issued the statement after his estranged, adopted daughter Dylan Farrow revived allegations that Allen sexually assaulted her as a seven-year-old girl, with her first full television interview broadcast on CBS television Thursday. “Even though the Farrow family is cynically using the opportunity afforded by the Time’s Up movement to repeat this discredited allegation, that doesn’t make it any more true today than it was in the past,” said Allen in a statement sent to AFP. “I never molested my daughter — as all investigations concluded a quarter of a century ago,” he added.