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In reply to the discussion: What's your favorite Woody Allen movie? [View all]pnwmom
(110,253 posts)Seven year olds are old enough to remember. But there was plenty of testimony at the time -- which is why a judge didn't allow him any further contact with the girl and restricted his visitation with his son.
I just don't see why you would believe Allen over this incredibly brave woman:
"When I asked my mother if her dad did to her what Woody Allen did to me, I honestly did not know the answer. I also didnt know the firestorm it would trigger. I didnt know that my father would use his sexual relationship with my sister to cover up the abuse he inflicted on me. I didnt know that he would accuse my mother of planting the abuse in my head and call her a liar for defending me. I didnt know that I would be made to recount my story over and over again, to doctor after doctor, pushed to see if Id admit I was lying as part of a legal battle I couldnt possibly understand. At one point, my mother sat me down and told me that I wouldnt be in trouble if I was lying that I could take it all back. I couldnt. It was all true. But sexual abuse claims against the powerful stall more easily. There were experts willing to attack my credibility. There were doctors willing to gaslight an abused child."