Woody Allen and Mia Farrow's Full Relationship Timeline
Allen v. Farrow: A Complete Timeline of Woody Allen And Mia Farrow's Relationship
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The court cases between the former spouses garnered intense media attention, particularly because of the accompanying allegations of abuse. In March, the New York Times reported that Allen claimed to have been cleared of child abuse charges, but Farrow disputed that characterization of the report and called it inaccurate.
Throughout the custody trial, both Allen and Farrow accused each other of abusive behaviour. At one point, the NYT reported that a child psyschiatrist testified calling the report exonerating Allen "seriously flawed." One such flaw came out years later: one of the doctors who headed the investigation, Dr. John M. Leventhal, initially claimed that Dylan had been coached by her mother and changed her story several times and that he personally interviewed her; it was later revealed he never interviewed her.
Allen lost the custody case and, when he attempted to file an appeal, it was denied. A state's attorney in Connecticut announced that he had "probable cause" to prosecute Allen for molesting Dylan Farrow, but would not open a case in order to spare her from the trauma that such a high-profile case would cause.