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In reply to the discussion: What's your favorite Woody Allen movie? [View all]pnwmom
(110,253 posts)No doubt, like all teens he was dealing with his own issues. Ronan was much closer to her in age and much more likely to know what she was going through.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20782501,00.html
But in a controversial move, state's attorney Frank S. Maco announced in 1993 that while he found "probable cause" to prosecute Allen, he was dropping the case because Dylan was too "fragile" to deal with a trial. Mia agreed with the decision, he said.
Dylan was "traumatized to the extent that I did not have a confident witness to testify in any court setting, whether that's a closed courtroom or an open courtroom," Maco recalled to PEOPLE last fall after Dylan spoke out to Vanity Fair about the alleged molestation.
A Manhattan judge had already awarded Mia full custody of adopted children Dylan, Moses and biological son Satchel (who later changed his name to Ronan), and barred Allen from any visitation with Dylan in the custody case, which had exploded after Allen's affair with Farrow's adopted daughter Soon-Yi, then about 20, was revealed.
Allen, who vehemently denied the charges, lambasted Maco for saying that there was "probable cause," saying he had no opportunity to defend himself. His complaints led to disciplinary charges against Maco, which were eventually dropped.