Anyone who thinks an adult telling about being molested as a child is a liar --

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218. Saying someone is innocent until proven guilty is NOT ...

insisting that women keep their mouths shut. There is no connection between those two ideas. Talk, women, talk!

I haven't the slightest interest in excusing Woody Allen either. I thought his marriage to his stepdaughter totally creepy, too. "Manhatten" was creepy, as well. I've seen very few of his movies in subsequent years. Aside from everything else, I think he is overrated as a filmmaker.

Dylan's statement is evidence, it is not necessarily a factual account of what happened. There is much other evidence in terms of statements and examinations and such from back when the charges were originally made, and much of it contradicts itself, depending on the source.

I am not willing to believe Dylan's statement is true simply because she says it is true. She might genuinely believe it to be true, and it may have never happened. It is possible to implant ideas into the minds of small children; that was the point of the McMartin example. Mia seemed to be working very hard at it at the time.

Woody will take another big blow to his reputation now that Dylan and Ronan are after him. The ball is in his court, and the news says he will respond, soon. There is no way to prove either version of the facts beyond a shadow of a doubt. Each person will make their own choice about what they believe happened, and that is where it will end.