Ronan Farrow Slams Father, Woody Allen | TODAY

Ronan Farrow contributes investigative stories here on today but the focus now is on that essay he wrote for The Hollywood Reporter it was published right before a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival the timing was intentional and followed a controversial Q&A Allan did with the same publication one week ago overnight Woody Allen on the red carpet at Cannes his new movie opening the glitzy festival in France this morning his son Ronan Farrow speaking out against his famous father writing a scathing essay in The Hollywood Reporter Pharos targets his father and the media specifically how the media covers sexual assault Allen was accused in 1992 of sexually assaulting Pharaoh's sister Dillon when she was a little girl I believe my sister Farrow writes this was always true as a brother who trusted her and even at five years old was troubled by our father strange behavior around her climbing into her bed in the middle of the night forcing her to suck his thumb Allan has never been charged with a crime and has vehemently denied the accusations since they surfaced years ago last week before can The Hollywood Reporter's Q&A with Allan did not include questions about the allegations now Farrow is slamming that article in his own to me it is a sterling example of how not to talk about sexual assault the old-school media slow evolution has helped to create a culture of impunity in silence he has not been rejected by the Hollywood community and is largely embraced as an artist it's an annual can issue we do that for him to front that issue was not strange or out of character in 1993 a Connecticut prosecutor said probable cause exists to prosecute Allen but said together with the child's mother Mia Farrow he chose not to prosecute because of the obvious risk of future traumatization of the fragile child witness the controversy also following the stars of Allen's films like Diane Keaton who talked to Matt in 2014 after she accepted a Golden Globe for lifetime achievement on allen's behalf a lot of people didn't think he deserved the award and shouldn't get it because of accusations did you have any trepidations no I mean you have to look at my life this way I mean he gave me my opportunity to be here and talk to you it's all because of Woody Allen Kristen Stewart star of allen's new film told variety she had a conversation with one of her co-stars about the allegations if we were persecuted for the amount of expletive that's been said about us that's not true our lives would be over Farrow rights it hurts my sister every time one of our heroes like louis c.k or a star her age like Miley Cyrus works with Woody Allen at the Cannes Film Festival Wednesday night reporters say no one asked Allen about his son's blistering essay at a news conference but the audience gasped when the master of ceremonies attempted a joke telling Allen you have shot many films in Europe while you have not even been sentenced for rape in the US we reached out to Woody Allen's representatives for comment about Ronan Farrow his essay but have not heard back we have also not heard back from Louis CK's reps and Miley Cyrus declined to comment meantime the LA Times didn't interview with Allen that doesn't mention the allegations the editor put a note at the end that says the interview happened before pharaoh's essay was published so the media obviously taking notes of what he wrote all right a lot of people talking about it which was Ronan's intention I think James Kelly though today feds thanks for checking out our YouTube channel subscribe by clicking that button down there and click on any of the videos over here to watch the latest interviews show highlights and digital exclusives

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Published: Thu May 12 2016