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59. So was Nelkin, 17 being the age of consent in NY. Doesn't stop numerous posters from commenting

Reply to blue neen (Reply #53)

Tue Feb 4, 2014, 08:09 PM

Feb 2014

on how disgusting the relationship was.

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Former girlfriend of Woody Allen, who was a teen when dating Allen, defends him re: allegations [View all] quinnox Feb 2014 OP

So she was 17 and he was 35 years older? dilby Feb 2014 #1

I think one of the main points is she was there at the time quinnox Feb 2014 #2

Face it, people here have made up their minds... joeybee12 Feb 2014 #4

She said this under oath, then? Why is THIS woman so credible while the adult Dylan is not, HMMMMM? WinkyDink Feb 2014 #69

yes, and she's not looking supernova Feb 2014 #3

I had college classmates who were dating profs (similar age differences.) Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #55

Yep. Exactly. Arugula Latte Feb 2014 #8

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #16

Bacall was 19 and Bogart was 44 progressoid Feb 2014 #22

all this stupid shit and no one says anything about the old men Mia Farrow kept marrying. CBGLuthier Feb 2014 #23

This is about Dylan Farrow and what she says happened to her, not about who Farrow pnwmom Feb 2014 #24

It's about two people who ended up in a nasty custody battle sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #61

The courts did NOT decide there was no abuse. pnwmom Feb 2014 #63

Because it didn't even get that far. Look, I'm really not interested in this anymore. sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #64

Nope, still gross. Starry Messenger Feb 2014 #5

Does Nelkin have a daughter? Xyzse Feb 2014 #6

dunno, but she is in her 50s now, and she seems fine with what she did, dating Allen, a much older quinnox Feb 2014 #7

There is something called Stockholm syndrome as well. Xyzse Feb 2014 #9

Oh, good Lord! n/t Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #10

It was a 24 age gap, less than the 30 year age gap between Farrow & Sinatra -- whom she El_Johns Feb 2014 #42

She isn't in her 50s gollygee Feb 2014 #31

She's 55. Woody Allen is 79. 24-year difference. El_Johns Feb 2014 #36

Oh ok well that's different than what's in the OP gollygee Feb 2014 #37

say what? no, under 18 is not necessarily considered "another type of rape" cali Feb 2014 #12

It is called statutory rape. Xyzse Feb 2014 #15

Which state? JJChambers Feb 2014 #29

These ones. Xyzse Feb 2014 #30

California Starry Messenger Feb 2014 #32

the problem with hunt was the disgusting web of lies she and her parents pushed. cali Feb 2014 #70

wow, well, if under 18 is rape, then a lot of teenage boys are guilty quinnox Feb 2014 #13

That isn't the point. Xyzse Feb 2014 #17

Oh. Well. That makes it okay then. blue neen Feb 2014 #33

No, actually I think the issue in this case is a whole bunch of bored screechy people looking for sibelian Feb 2014 #66

You would do well to look at some statutory rape statues BainsBane Feb 2014 #72

Age of consent in NY is currently 17 mathematic Feb 2014 #14

Thanks for the correction. Xyzse Feb 2014 #19

it used to be 18 in NY, not sure when it got lowered. I think in the 70's . bettyellen Feb 2014 #48

Not in New York. former9thward Feb 2014 #28

so anyone who is dating anyone knows Whisp Feb 2014 #11

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Mia Farrow is also a close friend of Roman Polanski, she has defended him in court sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #20

She's upset about child abuse of HER OWN CHILD gollygee Feb 2014 #43

I'm upset about all child abuse. And would not be going to court to defend someone sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #60

That all has nothing to do with whether gollygee Feb 2014 #71

Or the 71-year-old Sinatra with 41-year-old Farrow -- since Farrow has already admitted she El_Johns Feb 2014 #38

Frank Sinatra was an adult. Mia Farrow was an adult. blue neen Feb 2014 #53

So was Nelkin, 17 being the age of consent in NY. Doesn't stop numerous posters from commenting El_Johns Feb 2014 #59

"said Nelkin, who first met Allen on the set of the film �Manhattan."" redqueen Feb 2014 #21

Sounds like a man afraid of being challenged justiceischeap Feb 2014 #26

Whoever wrote that is mistaken. Their relationship began in 1976, when she was 17. At 18, El_Johns Feb 2014 #39

Who wants to think they might have dated a pervert? n/t pnwmom Feb 2014 #25

The accusations did NOT come on the "heels of a custody battle." BainsBane Feb 2014 #27

Well, she was there at the time, and in contact with Allen quinnox Feb 2014 #35

This woman just changed her story live on camera, but you're taking her word as credible redqueen Feb 2014 #41

Maybe she had a false memory gollygee Feb 2014 #44

The amount of mental gymnastics people are engaging in in order to defend Allen is fucking sickening redqueen Feb 2014 #46

I just watched the CNN interview, she seems credible to me quinnox Feb 2014 #47

... redqueen Feb 2014 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author quinnox Feb 2014 #50

I just read the transcript, and I wouldn't say she "changed her story" because of that quinnox Feb 2014 #54

It's a detail that makes a difference between a relationship and a felony by Woody Allen BainsBane Feb 2014 #62

Transcript is here: edbermac Feb 2014 #57

I don't believe that. BainsBane Feb 2014 #51

Do your exes know about your life now to that degree? Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #58

Jerry Seinfeld 1000words Feb 2014 #34

Why don't you just come over here and shoot me dead. rgbecker Feb 2014 #40

I doubt she'll be accused of harboring false memories of her youth... LanternWaste Feb 2014 #45

President Grover Cleveland married a woman 27 years his junior in the White House kskiska Feb 2014 #52

Just a short 23 years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. redqueen Feb 2014 #56

Why would anyone date him, especially teens? treestar Feb 2014 #65

Because he's a sex god. Frank Cannon Feb 2014 #67

Who cares who "vouches" for WA? Do people expect pedophiles to be so in public? WinkyDink Feb 2014 #68