Woody Allen on Sunday accused the new HBO documentary series about the sexual abuse allegations against him as an “ax job” that was “riddled with untruths.”
The decades-old allegations that Allen abused Dylan Farrow when she was a child are “categorically false,” the 85-year-old director and his wife, Soon-Yi Previn, 50, said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
“Several authorities investigated them at the time and found that whatever Dylan Farrow might believe, there was absolutely never any abuse,” the statement said.
The couple broke their silence on “Allen v. Farrow” shortly after the first of four episodes in the docuseries aired.
The series paints a scathing picture of the Oscar winner, who delves into the accusation made by Mia Farrow’s daughter Dylan that he sexually assaulted her in 1992 in the family’s attic when she was seven years old. Allen was Mia’s partner during Dylan’s early childhood.
The Academy Award-winning director and his wife accused filmmakers Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick of “having no interest in the truth” and of “working with the Farrows and their enablers.”
The couple said they were only approached by the documentary makers two months ago “and were given only a few days to respond.”
“Of course they refused to do this,” the statement said.
The pair also insinuated that HBO may have been biased due to its business relationship with Allen’s estranged son, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow, who struck a multi-film production deal with the network in 2018.
“It’s not surprising, unfortunately, that the network broadcasting this is HBO – which has a fixed production deal and business relationship with Ronan Farrow,” the statement said.
“While this shoddy hit piece may turn heads, it doesn’t change the facts.”