For Those of You Freaking Out About Woody Allen

[WeekendWarrior]

140. We have the brother Moses's clear statement as well

He says he was there at the time of the "incident," was 14 years old, that nothing happened and the culture in Mia Farrow's household was often one of rage and violence, that she hit him on numerous occasions, and that Dylan and the rest of the kids were poisoned to believe Allen was evil.

A nanny in the household at that time backed up at least part this story back in 1993, saying that she personally witnessed Moses being slapped across the face by Mia when he couldn't find a dog leash.

So now comes the question: who do we believe? The girl who claims sexual abuse by her father, or the boy who claims the only abuse was physical and emotional violence by the mother?

And why should we believe one over the other? Is there not a culture of disbelieving victims of emotional abuse as well? Do we ignore Moses's key evidence? And if so, aren't we applying a double standard.

Using rape culture to bolster your accusations is ridiculous. You can also point to the fact that most predators molest over and over and do it with multiple children, but why have there never been any other accusations agains Allen, especially after his alleged abuse came to light in the 90's?

Each case has to be considered not on statistics, but on evidence. Case by case. The evidence in the 90's showed, according to the investigative team of a man and two women, experts in child-abuse, that there was no molestation and that Dylan was either making it up or had been coached by her mother.

Now we have Dylan's adult recollections of something that happened when she was seven, and Moses's recollections of the same incident, and he was fourteen. So who's memory do we trust? Do we assume they're both telling the truth? Do we dismiss one as an opportunist and believe the other?

A bit of a conundrum, I'd say.

And the disturbing trend is this jump to conclusions based on emotion rather that taking the stance that the accused is innocent until proven guilty.