last thread needed about woody allen and his daughter

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95. So I will summarize

The Yale team's problems: They destroyed their notes. There was no way for the judge to determine how they had come to their conclusions. They advised Woody be given custody without having observed Woody and Dylan together. They advised MIA seek therapy. That was outside of their purview and the judge believed it a violation of standards. In refusing to testify, they refused to submit themselves to cross examination on how and why they determined what they did. A witness who refuses to testify is not deemed credible because there is no way to examine the truthfulness of their claims.

Additionally, Nine's account above that you celebrated is highly problematic, to say the least. He cites Schultz as an authority, someone with no background in child sexual abuse, who lied about the fact Dylan had told her, outside of Mia's presence, that Woody had assaulted her. Schultz concealed that information for a week, despite being a mandated reported and legally required to report any signs of abuse to authorities. After a week passed, she then FIRST called Woody and then child services to report Dylan's statement that she had been abused. Nine's assertion that Schultz is an authority to claim there was no sign of abuse is clearly problematic. The question I and some others have is why Schultz was not reprimanded and or prosecuted for what was a clear and egregious violation of her professional responsibility and legal standing as a mandated reporter.

The remaining experts are the state appointed therapists who are experts in child sexual abuse.

Allen presented No evidence to the court to establish Mia had planted memories in Dylan. The entire allegation is based on Mia's utterance when she first learned what had happened that she hoped it was a fantasy.

The reason this issue is so important to me is not because Woody Allen is a celebrity but because of my broader interest in rape and child abuse. That so many people automatically assume rape victims are either lying or don't know what happened to them is precisely what allows so many rapists and child abusers to continue to reoffend with impunity.

False memories are very rare. False allegations are rare. Child sexual abuse is common place: 20 percent of girls and 5% of boys are assaulted as children. That has a devastating impact on their lives and on subsequent generations. The only way to stop it is vigorous prosecution of perpetrators. That will never be possible as long as people so easily disbelieve victims, particularly female victims.