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Allen's response to Dylan's claim was no mere personal denial, but also a reference to the Yale and NYCW investigations.
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In response to the allegation, Allen sued Farrow for sole custody of Dylan, Satchel, and Moses.<ref name=Weber14Aug1992/> He lost the case in June 1993, though the judge agreed that the allegation of sexual abuse had not been proven and the preponderance of the evidence indicated no abuse.<ref name=":0">{{cite case |first=Elliott|last= Wilk|publisher=Supreme Court: New York County |title=Custody Court Ruling}}</ref> Visitations with Dylan were to be resumed within six months, as soon as Dylan had recovered from what she had suffered during the initial custody case,<ref name=":0"/> while Allen was given limited, supervised visitation with Satchel; Moses, a teenager, was allowed to decide for himself.<ref name=Marks8June1993/><ref name=Shea7Feb2014/> The decision was upheld on appeal in 1994<ref name=appeal1994/> and 1995.<ref name=appeal1995/>
 
Dylan has repeated the allegation several times as an adult, although with modifications of Mia's 1992 narrative.<ref>{{Cite book|title=What Falls Away: A Memoir|first=Mia|last=Farrow |authorlink=Mia Farrow|isbn=9781984800114 |pages=299 |oclc=1035846541 |date=2018|publisher=Random House Publishing }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dylan-farrow-interview-today-gayle-king-full-transcript-woody-allen-me-too/|title=Dylan Farrow details her sexual molestation allegations against Woody Allen |last=January 18, 2018|work=CBS This Morning|date=January 18, 2018 |access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref> Her first public comment was in an interview with [[Maureen Orth]] for ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' in 2013,<ref name=OrthOct2013/> followed by an open letter in the ''New York Times'' in 2014<ref name=Farrow1Feb2014/> and a ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' [[op-ed]] in December 2017.<ref name=Farrow7Dec2017/> Allen has also spoken publicly about the allegation, in a ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' op-ed<ref name=AllenFeb72014/> and in 2018 in a statement to [[CBS News]], each time denying it, and referring to the clear, unanimous, never challenged conclusions of multiple judicial investigations that exonerated him.<ref name=CBS2018re>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/woody-allen-responds-dylan-farrow-sexual-abuse-allegations/ |title=Woody responds to Dylan Farrow sexual abuse allegations |date=January 18, 2018|publisher=CBS News |access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref> Mia is accused of child abuse by two of her children, Moses<ref name=mosesfarrow>{{cite web |url=http://mosesfarrow.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-son-speaks-out-by-moses-farrow.html |title=A SON SPEAKS OUT |author=Moses Farrow |date=May 23, 2018}}</ref> and Soon-Yi,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/arts/soon-yi-previn-woody-allen-mia-farrow.html Soon-Yi Previn Defends Woody Allen and Accuses Mia Farrow of Abuse]</ref> who also accuse her of false allegations and of "brainwashing" Dylan. In a 2018 letter, Moses, who felt in charge of carefully watching Dylan the afternoon she was allegedly molested and who was 14 at the time, explains in detail why he believes the allegation is false and describes his forced support of Mia as the biggest mistake of his life.<ref name=mosesfarrow/> He tweeted, "So many times I saw my mother try to convince her that she was abused—and it has worked."<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|title=@MosesFarrow|url= https://twitter.com/mosesfarrow/status/954028350581956608|access-date=2020-12-13 |website=Twitter}}</ref>
 
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