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In reply to the discussion: Anyone who thinks an adult telling about being molested as a child is a liar -- [View all]pnwmom
(110,325 posts)Casey Pascal, not by one of Mia's employees.
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Calling attention to someones birthday-party behavior may seem trivial at best. However, Dr. Coates, who just happened to be in Mias
apartment to work with one of her other children, had only to witness a brief greeting between Woody and Dylan before she began a discussion with Mia that resulted in Woodys agreeing to address the issue through counseling. At that point Coates didnt know that, according to several sources, Woody, wearing just underwear, would take Dylan to bed with him and entwine his body around hers; or that he would have her suck his thumb; or that often when Dylan went over to his apartment he would head straight for the bedroom with her so that they could get into bed and play. He called Mia a spoilsport when she objected to what she referred to as wooing. Mia has told people that he said that her concerns were her own sickness, and that he was just being warm. For a long time, Mia backed down. Her love for Woody had always been mixed with fear. He could reduce her to a pulp when he gave vent to his temper, but she was also in awe of him, because he always presented himself as a morally superior person.
One summer day in Connecticut, when Dylan was four and Woody was applying suntan lotion to her nude body, he alarmed Mias mother, actress Maureen OSullivan, and sister Tisa Farrow when he began rubbing his finger in the crack between her buttocks. Mia grabbed the lotion out of his hand, and OSullivan asked, How do you want to be remembered by your children? As a good father, Woody answered. Well, thats interesting, OSullivan replied. It only lasted a few seconds, but it was definitely weird, says Tisa Farrow.
Woodys own mother was heard to remark on his fawning behavior with Dylan when Woody and Mia would take the children over for visits. Shes the Wicked Witch of the West, Dylan, Woody, who seemed to have intense negative feelings for his mother, once said to the little girl. Twist her nose off.
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That day, August 5, Casey called Mia to report something the baby-sitter had told her. The day before, Caseys baby-sitter had been in the house looking for one of the three Pascal children and had been startled when she walked into the TV room. Dylan was on the sofa, wearing a dress, and Woody was kneeling on the floor holding her, with his face in her lap. The baby-sitter did not consider it a fatherly pose, but more like something youd say Oops, excuse me to if both had been adults. She told police later that she was shocked. It just seemed very intimate. He seemed very comfortable.