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Woody Allen's adopted daughter repeats sexual abuse claim in letter

2014-02-02 130 Dailymotion

Woody Allen is once again facing allegations of sexual abuse from his adoptive daughter.<br/> <br />Twenty eight-year-old Dylan Farrow wrote about her alleged abuse by the Oscar-winning filmmaker in a letter published on the New York Times website on Saturday.<br/> <br />In it, Farrow writes that Allen led her to their attic one day when she was 7 years old.<br/> <br />"He told me to lay on my stomach and play with my brother's electric train set," she writes. "Then he sexually assaulted me."<br/> <br />The sexual abuse allegations were first made in 1992 by her adoptive mother -- actress Mia Farrow, Allen's partner at the time.<br/> <br />The letter also questions Hollywood actors for appearing in Allen's films, saying the awards and accolades for Allen were -- quote -- "a way to tell me to shut up and go away."<br/> <br />Woody Allen was never arrested or prosecuted in the decades-old case.<br/> <br />But the revival of the allegations comes just ahead of this year's Oscars.<br/> <br />The 78-year-old director is nominated

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