Woody Allen, Dylan Farrow and Mia Farrow

Last Sunday, Nicholas Kristof wrote a column about Dylan Farrow, the adopted daughter of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow. Mr. Allen has written the following response to the column and Dylan’s account.

• An Open Letter From Dylan Farrow; FEBRUARY 1, 2014  http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/an-open-letter-from-dylan-farrow/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
• Woody Allen Speaks Out FEB. 7, 2014 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/opinion/sunday/woody-allen-speaks-out.html?hp&rref=opinion
• Dylan Farrow's brother Moses defends Woody Allen http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20783306,00.html

Dylan Farrow said she was prompted to make her allegations public after Mr Allen was nominated for another Oscar for his latest film, Blue Jasmine, and given a lifetime achievement award during January's Golden Globe ceremony.

Mia Farrow, Woody Allen, and their children Dylan and Ronan, January 1988.

Woody Allen, holding Dylan, with Mia Farrow baby Satchel (now Ronan)

From left: Ronan Farrow held by Lark Previn, Woody Allen holding Dylan Farrow, Fletcher Previn, Daisy Previn, Soon-Yi Previn, Moses Farrow and Mia Farrow in Leningrad in 1987

Mr Allen also addressed Ms Farrow's claim that Ronan Farrow, their only biological child, might in fact be the product of an affair with her former husband Frank Sinatra.

Mr Allen conceded that his estranged son "looks a lot like Frank with the blue eyes and facial features" but did not come to a definitive conclusion.

He said if the claim was true then "Mia lied under oath and falsely represented Ronan as our son" during the bitter custody battle that ensued.

I pause here for a quick word on the Ronan situation. Is he my son or, as Mia suggests,
Frank Sinatra’s? Granted, he looks a lot like Frank with the blue eyes and facial features,
but if so what does this say? That all during the custody hearing Mia lied under oath and
falsely represented Ronan as our son? Even if he is not Frank’s, the possibility she raises
that he could be, indicates she was secretly intimate with him during our years. Not to
mention all the money I paid for child support. Was I supporting Frank’s son? Again, I want
to call attention to the integrity and honesty of a person who conducts her life like that.

Mr Farrow, who at 26 is an American television host and a former adviser to Hillary Clinton at the US State Department, has repeatedly lambasted Mr Allen to his more than 200,000 Twitter followers.
The claims and counter-claims between Mr Allen and his daughter played out in the comment pages of The New York Times, which has long chronicled the complex personal life of one of New York's most famous residents.