1 00:00:12,583 --> 00:00:14,375 SPEAKER: The Woody Allen archives is boxes and boxes of material 2 00:00:14,458 --> 00:00:15,667 he gives to Princeton University. 3 00:00:15,750 --> 00:00:17,750 It has old scripts, ideas. 4 00:00:18,041 --> 00:00:19,917 It's just that the thing that kept showing up 5 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,417 was this focus on very young women. 6 00:00:23,125 --> 00:00:24,250 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 7 00:00:24,792 --> 00:00:27,250 I don't know when it started with Soon-Yi. 8 00:00:34,333 --> 00:00:36,458 SPEAKER 2: She had never dated a boy. She never kissed a boy. 9 00:00:36,917 --> 00:00:38,667 She was very innocent. 10 00:00:39,041 --> 00:00:43,458 You have one job, and that is to stand by your child 11 00:00:43,792 --> 00:00:44,875 and keep her safe. 12 00:00:44,959 --> 00:00:46,166 He said, "What... 13 00:00:47,125 --> 00:00:51,625 What about some... father-daughter time? 14 00:01:12,041 --> 00:01:14,959 ♪ ♪ 15 00:01:15,041 --> 00:01:17,166 (birds chirping) 16 00:01:20,417 --> 00:01:22,875 (Woody Allen speaking) 17 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,000 (Mia Farrow speaking) 18 00:02:59,291 --> 00:03:02,333 ♪ ♪ 19 00:03:02,417 --> 00:03:05,041 Reporter 1: This is a story of two of the biggest stars in the world. 20 00:03:05,125 --> 00:03:08,500 Reporter 2: The father is Woody Allen, writer, director, actor. 21 00:03:08,583 --> 00:03:11,417 The mother is Mia Farrow, his frequent costar 22 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:14,875 and the mother of his three children, two of them adopted. 23 00:03:17,083 --> 00:03:19,333 Reporter 3: Woody and Mia have been together for 12 years, 24 00:03:19,417 --> 00:03:22,333 but never married and kept separate residences. 25 00:03:22,417 --> 00:03:24,542 ♪ ♪ 26 00:03:28,583 --> 00:03:31,875 Reporter 4: She reportedly has a video of their adopted daughter Dylan 27 00:03:31,959 --> 00:03:34,041 explaining how Allen molested her. 28 00:03:34,125 --> 00:03:36,542 ♪ ♪ 29 00:03:36,625 --> 00:03:39,208 Reporter 5: Allen denies child abuse, but freely admits 30 00:03:39,291 --> 00:03:42,041 he's in love with another of Farrow's daughters, 31 00:03:42,125 --> 00:03:44,291 21-year-old Soon-Yi. 32 00:03:44,375 --> 00:03:46,250 ♪ ♪ 33 00:03:46,333 --> 00:03:48,583 Reporter 6: Allen said the newest allegations are 34 00:03:48,667 --> 00:03:51,792 the bizarre concoctions of a woman scorned. 35 00:03:51,875 --> 00:03:53,750 ♪ ♪ 36 00:03:53,834 --> 00:03:55,542 Woman: Miss Farrow's only concern 37 00:03:55,625 --> 00:03:58,917 has been exclusively the protection of her children. 38 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,125 ♪ ♪ 39 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,750 Narrator: The private lives 40 00:04:20,834 --> 00:04:22,458 of Woody Allen and the Farrow family 41 00:04:22,542 --> 00:04:27,083 would become very public in August of 1992. 42 00:04:27,166 --> 00:04:30,083 A series of investigations and lawsuits followed, 43 00:04:30,166 --> 00:04:32,208 which generated tens of thousands 44 00:04:32,291 --> 00:04:34,000 of court and police documents, 45 00:04:34,083 --> 00:04:36,291 most of which were never made public 46 00:04:36,375 --> 00:04:37,709 or obtained by the press. 47 00:04:37,792 --> 00:04:40,333 ♪ ♪ 48 00:04:40,417 --> 00:04:43,583 One cache of more than 60 boxes of documentation 49 00:04:43,667 --> 00:04:46,458 was hidden away in an attorney's storage room, 50 00:04:46,542 --> 00:04:48,709 untouched since the '90s. 51 00:04:50,208 --> 00:04:52,917 Over the course of our three-year investigation, 52 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,417 we gained access to those boxes, 53 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:58,000 along with police files of the case, 54 00:04:58,083 --> 00:04:59,959 additional evidence, 55 00:05:00,041 --> 00:05:02,500 affidavits, sworn testimony, 56 00:05:02,583 --> 00:05:05,875 and private audio and video recordings. 57 00:05:09,709 --> 00:05:12,875 (birds chirping) 58 00:05:16,166 --> 00:05:18,667 Mia Farrow: After the incident in the attic, 59 00:05:19,917 --> 00:05:22,709 the next day, I took Dylan to the doctor. 60 00:05:24,125 --> 00:05:26,750 She didn't really know the pediatrician up here 61 00:05:26,834 --> 00:05:28,709 in Connecticut that well, 62 00:05:28,792 --> 00:05:32,041 and she sure didn't want to talk about it. 63 00:05:33,709 --> 00:05:35,834 He didn't want to pressure her, and he said, you know, 64 00:05:35,917 --> 00:05:39,250 "No problem. Why don't you come back tomorrow, you know?" 65 00:05:41,208 --> 00:05:42,959 When we got in the car, I said, you know, 66 00:05:43,041 --> 00:05:45,583 "Did-did you wanna tell him what you told me? 67 00:05:45,667 --> 00:05:46,917 Do you feel..." 68 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,458 And she said, "I don't like to talk about my privates." 69 00:05:49,542 --> 00:05:51,959 And I'm like, "I get that. 70 00:05:52,041 --> 00:05:53,667 "I get that. 71 00:05:53,750 --> 00:05:56,250 "But, it would be helpful 72 00:05:56,333 --> 00:05:58,458 "if you could tell him because then, 73 00:05:58,542 --> 00:06:02,542 we would have somebody who could make sure you're okay." 74 00:06:02,625 --> 00:06:04,500 ♪ ♪ 75 00:06:04,583 --> 00:06:08,250 So then, the next day, we went back, 76 00:06:08,333 --> 00:06:11,583 and she did tell the doctor what happened. 77 00:06:13,083 --> 00:06:16,625 And then, we went home. 78 00:06:20,667 --> 00:06:22,583 And we were all outside, 79 00:06:22,667 --> 00:06:24,834 and I got a call from the doctor. 80 00:06:24,917 --> 00:06:27,041 And he said, "I just wanted to tell you 81 00:06:27,125 --> 00:06:30,291 that I've told the police." 82 00:06:30,375 --> 00:06:32,375 I remember when I took the phone call, 83 00:06:32,458 --> 00:06:33,792 I made all the kids get out of the water. 84 00:06:33,875 --> 00:06:35,500 So they were like making sand castles 85 00:06:35,583 --> 00:06:38,709 and covering their feet with sand. 86 00:06:38,792 --> 00:06:42,125 And I saw a little robin was hopping on the grass. 87 00:06:44,667 --> 00:06:46,083 And I'm holding the phone, 88 00:06:46,166 --> 00:06:48,750 thinking it all looked so normal. 89 00:06:48,834 --> 00:06:52,125 But nothing will ever be normal ever again. 90 00:06:58,500 --> 00:07:00,750 ♪ ♪ 91 00:07:00,834 --> 00:07:03,208 Narrator: Dylan's pediatrician had submitted a report 92 00:07:03,291 --> 00:07:05,500 of suspected sexual abuse, 93 00:07:05,583 --> 00:07:09,208 and a series of legal actions were initiated in two states. 94 00:07:10,834 --> 00:07:13,417 In New York, the Farrows' legal residence, 95 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:15,625 the City Child Welfare Administration 96 00:07:15,709 --> 00:07:17,959 opened an investigation. 97 00:07:18,041 --> 00:07:19,583 While in Connecticut, 98 00:07:19,667 --> 00:07:21,750 where the alleged crime had occurred, 99 00:07:21,834 --> 00:07:24,750 the state police opened a criminal investigation 100 00:07:24,834 --> 00:07:26,750 which was overseen by state prosecutor 101 00:07:26,834 --> 00:07:29,792 Frank Maco. 102 00:07:29,875 --> 00:07:32,417 Frank Maco: I received a call from my office 103 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:33,959 with a complaint, 104 00:07:34,041 --> 00:07:37,917 alleged sexual abuse on one Woody Allen. 105 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,458 I met with the members of the Connecticut State Police. 106 00:07:41,542 --> 00:07:44,959 I said, I want to make sure that we're not talking about 107 00:07:45,041 --> 00:07:48,667 some type of a Hollywood relationship that's just gone bad. 108 00:07:49,834 --> 00:07:51,250 Mia: Next thing you know, 109 00:07:51,333 --> 00:07:54,959 like crime squad trucks rolling down our driveway. 110 00:07:55,041 --> 00:07:58,792 They went to do, like, do whatever they do in the attic. 111 00:07:58,875 --> 00:08:01,166 Collecting hair and stuff like that. 112 00:08:01,250 --> 00:08:03,083 ♪ ♪ 113 00:08:03,166 --> 00:08:06,291 What I remember, um, 114 00:08:06,375 --> 00:08:08,542 is that 115 00:08:08,625 --> 00:08:11,041 after the attic, 116 00:08:11,125 --> 00:08:16,458 things really started changing very rapidly. 117 00:08:16,542 --> 00:08:20,500 I said this thing, and it started this... 118 00:08:20,583 --> 00:08:22,917 nightmare of lawyers 119 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,250 and the phone ringing, and everything changed. 120 00:08:29,375 --> 00:08:31,166 Reporter: Woody's not about to change his ways. 121 00:08:31,250 --> 00:08:32,667 He's where he is every Monday night-- 122 00:08:32,750 --> 00:08:34,333 Michael's Pub here in Manhattan. 123 00:08:34,417 --> 00:08:36,667 Steve Powers is there right now. Steve? 124 00:08:36,750 --> 00:08:39,375 It was as if Woody Allen was trying to play it cool 125 00:08:39,458 --> 00:08:42,250 by playing his clarinet as he does every Monday night 126 00:08:42,333 --> 00:08:44,000 over here at Michael's Pub. 127 00:08:44,083 --> 00:08:46,834 He went up on the bandstand and joined the band 128 00:08:46,917 --> 00:08:49,625 in some playing, with a full house. 129 00:08:49,709 --> 00:08:51,667 But earlier, there was an indication 130 00:08:51,750 --> 00:08:53,834 everything wasn't just fine, 131 00:08:53,917 --> 00:08:57,917 when Woody left his apartment at 74th Street and 5th Avenue. 132 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,208 He had no comment. 133 00:08:59,291 --> 00:09:01,542 Woody, could you give us a comment, Woody? 134 00:09:01,625 --> 00:09:02,750 (indistinct) 135 00:09:02,834 --> 00:09:05,500 Woody, anything about the Bridgewater charges, Woody? 136 00:09:05,583 --> 00:09:06,875 (shutters snapping) 137 00:09:06,959 --> 00:09:09,041 Frank: My office and the Connecticut State Police, 138 00:09:09,125 --> 00:09:11,208 we wanted to do our 139 00:09:11,291 --> 00:09:14,166 investigation quietly, 140 00:09:14,250 --> 00:09:17,834 and as effectively as possible. Professionally as possible. 141 00:09:19,875 --> 00:09:23,709 Next thing I know, at The Plaza Hotel, 142 00:09:23,792 --> 00:09:25,917 Mr. Allen calls a news conference 143 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,291 and announces he's subject of a Connecticut State Police 144 00:09:29,375 --> 00:09:31,917 investigation into abuse. 145 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,208 ♪ ♪ 146 00:09:34,291 --> 00:09:36,709 (coughs) Thank you for coming. 147 00:09:36,792 --> 00:09:40,041 Over the years, you all know that, that, uh, I've been 148 00:09:40,125 --> 00:09:42,542 ahem, reluctant to speak with the press, 149 00:09:42,625 --> 00:09:47,375 and have assiduously avoided publicity. 150 00:09:47,458 --> 00:09:50,500 But because of all the rumors 151 00:09:50,583 --> 00:09:52,917 and innuendos and... 152 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,542 cruel untruths 153 00:09:54,625 --> 00:09:57,125 circulating over the past week, 154 00:09:57,208 --> 00:09:59,917 I feel that I have to make a statement. 155 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,583 This is an unconscionable 156 00:10:01,667 --> 00:10:05,083 and gruesomely damaging manipulation 157 00:10:05,166 --> 00:10:06,834 of innocent children 158 00:10:06,917 --> 00:10:11,250 for vindictive and self-serving purposes. 159 00:10:11,333 --> 00:10:14,417 In the end, the one thing I have been guilty of 160 00:10:14,500 --> 00:10:18,125 is falling in love with Ms. Farrow's adult daughter... 161 00:10:18,208 --> 00:10:20,166 Priscilla Gilman: Woody gave a press conference 162 00:10:20,250 --> 00:10:23,250 where he talked about being wildly in love with Soon-Yi. 163 00:10:23,333 --> 00:10:26,250 And our jaws all dropped. 164 00:10:26,333 --> 00:10:28,375 He said to Mia, "I don't love Soon-Yi." 165 00:10:28,458 --> 00:10:31,959 I heard him say this! "This was just a silly little fling. 166 00:10:32,041 --> 00:10:34,041 I don't love her. Not in love with her." 167 00:10:34,875 --> 00:10:36,458 There's a calculated reason 168 00:10:36,542 --> 00:10:38,500 why love enters the picture. 169 00:10:38,583 --> 00:10:40,125 Reporter: Have you spoken to Mia? 170 00:10:40,208 --> 00:10:43,041 Priscilla: He's trying to distract. "This is a woman scorned. 171 00:10:43,125 --> 00:10:45,208 This is an unhinged woman." 172 00:10:45,291 --> 00:10:47,458 That's Woody's narrative. 173 00:10:47,542 --> 00:10:49,458 He's turned it all back. 174 00:10:49,542 --> 00:10:51,291 Turned it upside down and around, 175 00:10:51,375 --> 00:10:55,291 and focused on his relationship with Soon-Yi. 176 00:10:55,375 --> 00:10:58,041 And the media ran with that story. 177 00:11:00,083 --> 00:11:01,959 One day after Woody Allen acknowledged 178 00:11:02,041 --> 00:11:04,709 a love affair with the 21-year-old adopted daughter 179 00:11:04,792 --> 00:11:07,709 of his long-time companion and leading lady, Mia Farrow, 180 00:11:07,792 --> 00:11:11,250 The usually very private filmmaker went public. 181 00:11:11,333 --> 00:11:13,500 Allen says he feels no great moral dilemma 182 00:11:13,583 --> 00:11:16,583 over his admitted relationship with Soon-Yi Previn Farrow. 183 00:11:16,667 --> 00:11:18,917 Reporter 1: In a written statement, Allen says, 184 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,792 "Regarding my love for Soon-Yi, 185 00:11:20,875 --> 00:11:22,959 it's real and happily all true." 186 00:11:23,041 --> 00:11:25,041 Reporter 2: He added that Mia Farrow was so irate 187 00:11:25,125 --> 00:11:26,917 when Allen fell in love with Farrow's 188 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,542 adopted college-age daughter Soon-Yi, 189 00:11:29,625 --> 00:11:32,917 that Farrow concocted the abuse charges. 190 00:11:33,834 --> 00:11:35,959 (Woody speaking) 191 00:11:37,291 --> 00:11:39,417 (Mia speaking) 192 00:12:13,083 --> 00:12:14,875 Reporter: In "Time" and "Newsweek," 193 00:12:14,959 --> 00:12:17,208 Allen struck the latest blow in this war waged 194 00:12:17,291 --> 00:12:20,583 with sound bites and spicy quotes. 195 00:12:20,667 --> 00:12:23,500 Over the past week, Allen's trial by tabloid 196 00:12:23,583 --> 00:12:25,667 has captivated the national psyche. 197 00:12:25,750 --> 00:12:28,291 Rosanna Scotto: I was a general assignment reporter back in the '90s 198 00:12:28,375 --> 00:12:31,208 when we heard that 199 00:12:31,291 --> 00:12:34,041 Mia Farrow's adopted daughter 200 00:12:34,125 --> 00:12:36,959 might be having an affair with Woody Allen. 201 00:12:37,041 --> 00:12:40,000 And the way he spun it was just perfect. 202 00:12:40,083 --> 00:12:42,583 You know, don't forget Woody Allen, 203 00:12:42,667 --> 00:12:44,208 at that time, had some really 204 00:12:44,291 --> 00:12:47,917 high-powered people in his court. 205 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Elkan Abramowitz, his attorney, big, big attorney, 206 00:12:52,083 --> 00:12:57,792 and he had a very powerful PR machine behind him. 207 00:12:57,875 --> 00:13:00,917 They were doing a great job painting Mia Farrow 208 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,291 as a scorned woman who would say anything. 209 00:13:04,375 --> 00:13:07,583 But we had to follow the leads, and sometimes, it took us 210 00:13:07,667 --> 00:13:10,250 to a place that Woody Allen was not happy. 211 00:13:10,333 --> 00:13:12,834 Here at the Episcopal School on Manhattan's East Side, 212 00:13:12,917 --> 00:13:14,625 sources tell us exclusively 213 00:13:14,709 --> 00:13:17,083 that Woody Allen was so obsessed with Dylan, 214 00:13:17,166 --> 00:13:18,625 who was then three years old, 215 00:13:18,709 --> 00:13:21,542 that parents and teachers began talking about how Allen 216 00:13:21,625 --> 00:13:22,959 would sit in the doorway, 217 00:13:23,041 --> 00:13:25,792 positioned to watch little Dylan in the classroom. 218 00:13:25,875 --> 00:13:28,625 We were just one of a few journalists 219 00:13:28,709 --> 00:13:30,291 who gave the other side. 220 00:13:30,375 --> 00:13:33,083 Woody immediately got onto the cover of "Time," 221 00:13:33,166 --> 00:13:35,959 the cover of "Newsweek," the cover of "People," 222 00:13:36,041 --> 00:13:38,208 and Mia wasn't really speaking. 223 00:13:39,333 --> 00:13:41,041 I thought to myself, 224 00:13:41,125 --> 00:13:44,375 there has to be another side to this story. 225 00:13:45,333 --> 00:13:46,959 She was not giving interviews, 226 00:13:47,041 --> 00:13:50,417 so I had to find people close to her. 227 00:13:50,500 --> 00:13:53,667 I spoke to André Previn, her previous husband. 228 00:13:53,750 --> 00:13:57,750 I spoke to the tutors. I spoke to the babysitters. 229 00:13:59,834 --> 00:14:02,500 One of the things that was interesting to me 230 00:14:02,583 --> 00:14:03,875 was that... 231 00:14:03,959 --> 00:14:07,166 Mia didn't want these allegations to be true 232 00:14:07,250 --> 00:14:12,041 because this was completely unraveling her entire life. 233 00:14:12,125 --> 00:14:14,709 I was told by several different people that she said, 234 00:14:14,792 --> 00:14:17,500 "You know, Dylan, we all make up stories. 235 00:14:17,583 --> 00:14:20,333 "If this didn't happen, you really need to tell me it didn't happen. 236 00:14:20,417 --> 00:14:21,875 Or maybe you think it happened." 237 00:14:21,959 --> 00:14:24,375 And she says, "No! It happened! 238 00:14:24,458 --> 00:14:26,792 And if he says it didn't happen, he's lying!" 239 00:14:26,875 --> 00:14:30,083 So, this little girl would never back down from the story. 240 00:14:31,792 --> 00:14:35,125 I also found out that Woody refused 241 00:14:35,208 --> 00:14:38,959 to submit to the state police's lie detector test. 242 00:14:39,041 --> 00:14:40,417 ♪ ♪ 243 00:14:40,500 --> 00:14:43,083 Frank: The Connecticut State Police indicated that Woody Allen 244 00:14:43,166 --> 00:14:47,709 had taken a polygraph by a private polygrapher. 245 00:14:47,792 --> 00:14:49,542 I said, I'm not interested. 246 00:14:49,625 --> 00:14:52,625 I want a state police polygrapher to take it. 247 00:14:52,709 --> 00:14:54,625 And he refused. 248 00:14:54,709 --> 00:14:56,875 So, I did not get what I had requested, 249 00:14:56,959 --> 00:15:00,417 which was a polygraph by the Connecticut State Police. 250 00:15:02,125 --> 00:15:05,000 (Mia speaking) 251 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:12,625 (Woody speaking) 252 00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:46,750 (clock ticking) 253 00:15:46,834 --> 00:15:49,250 Be-- be logical about this. 254 00:15:49,333 --> 00:15:51,875 I'm-I'm 57. 255 00:15:51,959 --> 00:15:54,041 Isn't it illogical that I'm going to 256 00:15:54,125 --> 00:15:55,750 pick this moment in my life 257 00:15:55,834 --> 00:15:58,166 to become a child molester? It's just-- 258 00:15:58,250 --> 00:16:00,834 It's just incredible. If I wanted to be a child molester, 259 00:16:00,917 --> 00:16:03,208 I had many opportunities in the past. 260 00:16:03,291 --> 00:16:05,625 Steve Kroft: Why then would Allen's seven-year-old daughter 261 00:16:05,709 --> 00:16:08,458 tell a Connecticut doctor otherwise? 262 00:16:08,542 --> 00:16:11,834 Either she has been coached, 263 00:16:11,917 --> 00:16:14,750 methodically, to, to-- (coughs) 264 00:16:14,834 --> 00:16:17,208 tell this story because... 265 00:16:17,291 --> 00:16:19,208 -Kroft: By Mia? -By Mia, yeah. 266 00:16:19,291 --> 00:16:21,959 ♪ ♪ 267 00:16:22,041 --> 00:16:24,500 Mia: Overnight almost, there he is on everything. 268 00:16:24,583 --> 00:16:27,792 On the cover of every magazine, on every kind of show, 269 00:16:27,875 --> 00:16:30,291 saying that I had coached Dylan 270 00:16:30,375 --> 00:16:31,667 and all these things. 271 00:16:31,750 --> 00:16:33,917 She's been using her friends on both coasts 272 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,125 to say terrible things about me and to lie about me... 273 00:16:37,208 --> 00:16:39,375 I didn't feel 274 00:16:40,166 --> 00:16:41,750 that it was 275 00:16:41,834 --> 00:16:44,000 seemly to get into 276 00:16:44,083 --> 00:16:47,375 a public fight with him. 277 00:16:47,458 --> 00:16:49,917 Reporter: In a statement, Farrow told NBC News 278 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,917 she wouldn't be interviewed about Woody Allen for this story, 279 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,834 and asked that her friends not talk to us about Allen either. 280 00:16:56,917 --> 00:17:00,750 I just had to keep my focus on the kids, 281 00:17:00,834 --> 00:17:02,333 and try to keep them safe 282 00:17:02,417 --> 00:17:05,000 and try to keep whatever semblance of normal 283 00:17:05,083 --> 00:17:08,125 that we could under the circumstances. 284 00:17:08,208 --> 00:17:10,667 ♪ ♪ 285 00:17:10,750 --> 00:17:14,500 There were helicopters flying low to take pictures, 286 00:17:14,583 --> 00:17:17,417 and the kids couldn't go anywhere. 287 00:17:17,500 --> 00:17:20,500 And it was terrifying. 288 00:17:20,583 --> 00:17:23,291 Dylan Farrow: If we left the house, 289 00:17:23,375 --> 00:17:26,291 they would follow us wherever we were going. 290 00:17:27,166 --> 00:17:28,959 And... 291 00:17:29,041 --> 00:17:30,917 it was scary. 292 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:32,959 Reporter: At the Farrow home in Connecticut, 293 00:17:33,041 --> 00:17:35,542 and elsewhere, family members were rallying 294 00:17:35,625 --> 00:17:37,375 to Mama Mia's side. 295 00:17:37,458 --> 00:17:39,333 She's my mother, and, um, 296 00:17:39,417 --> 00:17:40,875 she's the best mother there is. 297 00:17:40,959 --> 00:17:44,000 Any statement saying that she's unfit to be a mother or anything 298 00:17:44,083 --> 00:17:45,375 is completely ridiculous. 299 00:17:45,458 --> 00:17:49,125 She is a marvelous mother, a fine woman, 300 00:17:49,208 --> 00:17:50,875 and she's just got a moral foundation 301 00:17:50,959 --> 00:17:52,041 that's just unbreakable. 302 00:17:52,125 --> 00:17:53,417 A moral rock somewhere, you know, 303 00:17:53,500 --> 00:17:54,750 we're all standing together, 304 00:17:54,834 --> 00:17:56,417 and we're gonna fight this thing till we win. 305 00:17:56,500 --> 00:17:58,291 We didn't need help turning against him. 306 00:17:58,375 --> 00:18:00,000 I mean, he did it to himself. 307 00:18:00,083 --> 00:18:01,792 And his accusation 308 00:18:01,875 --> 00:18:03,875 that my mother is an unfit mother is absurd. 309 00:18:03,959 --> 00:18:07,000 Anybody who knows my mother knows that. 310 00:18:07,083 --> 00:18:09,667 Woody appeared to have what were unlimited resources 311 00:18:09,750 --> 00:18:11,792 and hired private investigators 312 00:18:11,875 --> 00:18:13,458 and people were following us around 313 00:18:13,542 --> 00:18:16,500 and going through garbage and looking for anything 314 00:18:16,583 --> 00:18:18,208 that there's a weakness here 315 00:18:18,291 --> 00:18:19,959 that I can exploit to say, 316 00:18:20,041 --> 00:18:23,000 "Hold on a minute. She's not the great parent 317 00:18:23,083 --> 00:18:26,542 she's asserting herself to be. Look at this." 318 00:18:26,625 --> 00:18:29,417 Priscilla: I definitely felt like I was followed a few times, 319 00:18:29,500 --> 00:18:31,750 when I was coming from 320 00:18:31,834 --> 00:18:34,166 Mia's apartment back to my apartment, 321 00:18:34,250 --> 00:18:36,125 or if I was taking the children out. 322 00:18:36,208 --> 00:18:37,500 ♪ ♪ 323 00:18:37,583 --> 00:18:41,250 Mia: One night, I was coming home from some friends, 324 00:18:41,333 --> 00:18:43,500 and I was being followed. 325 00:18:43,583 --> 00:18:45,208 So, I didn't even go home. 326 00:18:46,291 --> 00:18:48,500 I took some twists and turns, 327 00:18:48,583 --> 00:18:50,458 and still, this person was following me. 328 00:18:50,542 --> 00:18:53,792 So I went all the way into the neighboring town, 329 00:18:53,875 --> 00:18:56,875 and it became really scary. 330 00:18:57,667 --> 00:19:00,750 ♪ ♪ 331 00:19:13,166 --> 00:19:17,000 I met with the members of the Connecticut State Police, 332 00:19:17,083 --> 00:19:21,041 instructed them to continue their investigation. 333 00:19:21,125 --> 00:19:24,917 I said, I want this child evaluated. 334 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,583 I wanted some type of opinion as to whether or not 335 00:19:28,667 --> 00:19:31,250 my bringing her into the criminal justice system, 336 00:19:31,333 --> 00:19:35,917 putting her on the stand, in any way, would traumatize her, 337 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:37,917 and I want to know whether there are any impediments 338 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,375 to the child's ability to take the stand 339 00:19:40,458 --> 00:19:42,917 and testify in court. 340 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,500 So, I suggested 341 00:19:44,583 --> 00:19:48,667 the Yale Child Sexual Abuse Clinic to do the examination. 342 00:19:48,750 --> 00:19:50,000 ♪ ♪ 343 00:19:50,083 --> 00:19:51,333 They were going to assist me 344 00:19:51,417 --> 00:19:53,834 insofar as determining whether or not 345 00:19:53,917 --> 00:19:55,875 there were any impediments 346 00:19:55,959 --> 00:19:58,667 as to the child's ability to perceive, 347 00:19:58,750 --> 00:20:02,333 recall, and relay. 348 00:20:02,417 --> 00:20:05,625 Narrator: The Yale-New Haven team was lead by Dr. John Leventhal, 349 00:20:05,709 --> 00:20:07,917 who, at that time, was the director 350 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:13,000 of the Yale-New Haven Hospital Child Sexual Abuse Clinic. 351 00:20:13,083 --> 00:20:15,750 The team also included two social workers, 352 00:20:15,834 --> 00:20:19,250 Julia Hamilton and Jennifer Sawyer. 353 00:20:19,333 --> 00:20:22,792 Records show that Sawyer and Hamilton interviewed Dylan 354 00:20:22,875 --> 00:20:25,667 nine times over a three-month period. 355 00:20:28,458 --> 00:20:31,583 Dylan: I would meet with some adults, 356 00:20:31,667 --> 00:20:35,208 who would show me an anatomically correct doll, 357 00:20:35,291 --> 00:20:38,750 and asked me where Daddy touched me. 358 00:20:38,834 --> 00:20:42,041 And I would repeat the story 359 00:20:42,125 --> 00:20:47,125 over and over and over again. 360 00:20:47,208 --> 00:20:50,250 It was grueling, and it was intense, and... 361 00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:53,208 I hated it. 362 00:20:53,291 --> 00:20:56,041 ♪ ♪ 363 00:20:56,125 --> 00:20:59,500 Frank: Their examination went on for seven months. 364 00:21:00,542 --> 00:21:02,083 And then I received a call 365 00:21:02,166 --> 00:21:06,291 that the Yale Child Sexual Abuse Clinic made a decision, 366 00:21:06,375 --> 00:21:09,417 and I am given the bottom-line conclusion 367 00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:14,375 that the child is unreliable, untrustworthy, 368 00:21:14,458 --> 00:21:16,375 and/or that Mia Farrow 369 00:21:16,458 --> 00:21:20,250 was a fabricator of this incident. 370 00:21:20,333 --> 00:21:22,291 Narrator: The report stated there were 371 00:21:22,375 --> 00:21:25,917 inconsistencies in Dylan's statements, 372 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,750 and that she had, "difficulty distinguishing 373 00:21:28,834 --> 00:21:32,041 fantasy from reality." 374 00:21:32,125 --> 00:21:35,625 The report also stated that Dylan's accusations were, 375 00:21:35,709 --> 00:21:38,792 "likely reinforced and encouraged by her mother 376 00:21:38,875 --> 00:21:41,583 who was enraged with Mr. Allen." 377 00:21:44,208 --> 00:21:46,125 Without notifying Frank Maco, 378 00:21:46,208 --> 00:21:48,041 who had commissioned the report, 379 00:21:48,125 --> 00:21:51,792 Yale-New Haven met with both Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, 380 00:21:51,875 --> 00:21:55,417 and informed them of the results of the report. 381 00:21:55,500 --> 00:21:58,375 ♪ ♪ 382 00:21:58,458 --> 00:22:01,375 Frank: Next thing I know, the Yale-New Haven team 383 00:22:01,458 --> 00:22:03,750 presented the findings to Allen, 384 00:22:03,834 --> 00:22:05,417 the suspect of the investigation, 385 00:22:05,500 --> 00:22:07,375 and allowed him to announce the results 386 00:22:07,458 --> 00:22:10,792 publicly on the steps of the hospital. 387 00:22:10,875 --> 00:22:15,000 They've come to a decision that, um... 388 00:22:15,083 --> 00:22:18,500 I can say is an accurate one. 389 00:22:18,583 --> 00:22:23,166 Certainly, I never, ever abused my daughter. 390 00:22:23,250 --> 00:22:26,792 There was no sexual abuse that ever took place, 391 00:22:26,875 --> 00:22:30,458 and that, um, that the-- it was either... 392 00:22:32,083 --> 00:22:36,834 it was either an imagined thing or a concocted thing. 393 00:22:36,917 --> 00:22:38,625 Reporter: What do you think it was? 394 00:22:38,709 --> 00:22:41,375 Why do you call the accused and have a press conference 395 00:22:41,458 --> 00:22:43,959 on the steps of the hospital 396 00:22:44,041 --> 00:22:46,417 to, quote, "clear him," 397 00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:48,375 when you don't give it 398 00:22:48,458 --> 00:22:51,250 to the state attorney to do that? 399 00:22:51,333 --> 00:22:52,834 He was the one who commissioned it. 400 00:22:52,917 --> 00:22:54,834 It wasn't their purview to do that. 401 00:22:54,917 --> 00:22:58,250 Reporter: Today's report, if it is as Allen describes it, 402 00:22:58,333 --> 00:23:01,750 seems to remove any possibility he'd face criminal charges. 403 00:23:01,834 --> 00:23:05,959 The report also says that the child may have made the story up, 404 00:23:06,041 --> 00:23:09,250 but the experts also allow for the possibility in their report 405 00:23:09,333 --> 00:23:12,291 that Farrow may have coached the child to tell this story. 406 00:23:12,375 --> 00:23:16,041 In the report, the experts recommend that Farrow receive therapy now 407 00:23:16,125 --> 00:23:20,208 for what it characterized as her, quote, "extremely disturbed," unquote, 408 00:23:20,291 --> 00:23:23,417 relationship with seven-year-old Dylan. 409 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:27,208 Frank: I had to come forward and say, wait a minute. 410 00:23:27,291 --> 00:23:31,333 I find nothing indicating that Mia Farrow is, in any way, 411 00:23:31,417 --> 00:23:33,959 fabricating, controlling, 412 00:23:34,041 --> 00:23:35,667 or manipulating this child. 413 00:23:35,750 --> 00:23:38,750 There's nothing to show us that. 414 00:23:38,834 --> 00:23:42,125 -(shutters snapping) -Um, I-I just wanna say that, um, 415 00:23:42,208 --> 00:23:45,000 that I will always stand by my children. That's it. 416 00:23:46,625 --> 00:23:50,125 (reporter speaking) 417 00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:54,291 ♪ ♪ 418 00:23:54,375 --> 00:23:57,583 I was contacted by Ms. Farrow's attorney 419 00:23:57,667 --> 00:24:01,458 shortly after the Yale report came out. 420 00:24:01,542 --> 00:24:04,000 Ms. Farrow's lawyer was concerned about the report, 421 00:24:04,083 --> 00:24:07,458 and she asked me if I could read it and tell her what I thought. 422 00:24:08,667 --> 00:24:11,542 I read the report and I was horrified. 423 00:24:11,625 --> 00:24:15,792 And I testified in court about the report. 424 00:24:15,875 --> 00:24:19,500 They interviewed this child nine times. 425 00:24:20,709 --> 00:24:22,458 Even in the early '90s, 426 00:24:22,542 --> 00:24:25,750 nobody interviewed a child of any age 427 00:24:25,834 --> 00:24:29,542 amidst an allegation of sexual abuse nine times. 428 00:24:29,625 --> 00:24:34,917 You don't interview a child about the same allegation 429 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,250 over and over and over again. 430 00:24:37,333 --> 00:24:38,917 You... 431 00:24:39,875 --> 00:24:42,083 interview the child 432 00:24:42,166 --> 00:24:45,208 the least amount of times as possible, 433 00:24:45,291 --> 00:24:47,375 so as not to re-traumatize the child. 434 00:24:47,458 --> 00:24:49,917 ♪ ♪ 435 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:54,458 Dylan: The more I was asked the same question over and over, 436 00:24:54,542 --> 00:24:58,041 the more I started to wonder, 437 00:24:59,208 --> 00:25:01,667 what do they want from me? 438 00:25:01,750 --> 00:25:07,125 And feeling like the more I said the same thing, that... 439 00:25:08,625 --> 00:25:10,709 it was the wrong answer. 440 00:25:10,792 --> 00:25:13,709 That I was being treated like I was... 441 00:25:13,792 --> 00:25:15,083 lying. 442 00:25:16,417 --> 00:25:18,500 If I change a word here, 443 00:25:18,583 --> 00:25:20,875 they say I'm being inconsistent. 444 00:25:20,959 --> 00:25:24,166 If I use exactly the same... 445 00:25:24,250 --> 00:25:28,208 words that I used every other time, I was coached. 446 00:25:30,667 --> 00:25:34,500 There were absolute consistencies 447 00:25:34,583 --> 00:25:37,291 in which this child said the same thing 448 00:25:37,375 --> 00:25:38,917 to the same interviewers 449 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,166 over the nine times she was interviewed. 450 00:25:42,250 --> 00:25:46,125 Michelle Peterson: She's very consistent about who touched her, 451 00:25:46,208 --> 00:25:49,417 where in the house, what part of her body, 452 00:25:49,500 --> 00:25:51,542 what he touched her with. 453 00:25:51,625 --> 00:25:54,000 So she's very consistent with the core 454 00:25:54,083 --> 00:25:55,667 elements of her disclosure. 455 00:25:55,750 --> 00:25:59,041 She hasn't really moved away from that in, in these, in this report, 456 00:25:59,125 --> 00:26:00,583 in all of these interviews. 457 00:26:00,667 --> 00:26:02,709 ♪ ♪ 458 00:26:02,792 --> 00:26:04,667 Dylan: You know, every little idiosyncrasy 459 00:26:04,750 --> 00:26:07,333 that I could have had as a seven-year-old girl 460 00:26:07,417 --> 00:26:08,917 was used against me. 461 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:14,417 The fact that I used childish descriptions. 462 00:26:15,709 --> 00:26:18,667 I described a couple of 463 00:26:18,750 --> 00:26:21,667 mannequin heads as "dead heads." 464 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,625 Frank: The dead heads were later identified 465 00:26:25,709 --> 00:26:28,166 as Mia Farrow's... 466 00:26:28,250 --> 00:26:32,500 mannequins for her wigs, probably in her profession. 467 00:26:32,583 --> 00:26:34,417 I did not find that to be 468 00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:36,959 an unreasonable description by a seven-year-old 469 00:26:37,041 --> 00:26:41,542 that's trying to identify what was in Mom's attic. 470 00:26:41,625 --> 00:26:45,917 Maureen Orth: Part of their conclusion of why Dylan fantasized 471 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,291 was because she referred to "the magic hour." 472 00:26:50,291 --> 00:26:51,458 And, you know, 473 00:26:51,542 --> 00:26:54,417 anybody who's grown up around filmmakers knows that 474 00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:57,875 certain hours of the day do have the magic light. 475 00:26:59,834 --> 00:27:03,667 Dylan: I was the kid of two people in the film industry. 476 00:27:04,417 --> 00:27:06,166 And I was on set a lot! 477 00:27:07,375 --> 00:27:10,333 So how was I supposed to know that that 478 00:27:10,417 --> 00:27:14,458 constitutes magical thinking? 479 00:27:14,542 --> 00:27:16,583 Stephen Herman: I mean, that's a pretty big thing to say 480 00:27:16,667 --> 00:27:18,792 a seven-year-old child is delusional, 481 00:27:18,875 --> 00:27:20,291 isn't thinking right, 482 00:27:20,375 --> 00:27:23,375 doesn't know the difference between fantasy and reality. 483 00:27:25,417 --> 00:27:28,291 This report failed to reflect anything 484 00:27:28,375 --> 00:27:32,083 even close to the child having a psychotic disorder. 485 00:27:32,166 --> 00:27:34,750 Not even close. 486 00:27:34,834 --> 00:27:36,834 ♪ ♪ 487 00:27:36,917 --> 00:27:39,792 Narrator: Jennifer Sawyer and Dr. Julia Hamilton, 488 00:27:39,875 --> 00:27:41,959 two social workers on Leventhal's team, 489 00:27:42,041 --> 00:27:43,750 interviewed Dylan. 490 00:27:43,834 --> 00:27:46,250 But according to Dr. Leventhal's deposition, 491 00:27:46,333 --> 00:27:49,208 Yale-New Haven's practice was to destroy all notes 492 00:27:49,291 --> 00:27:51,834 after the completion of an evaluation. 493 00:27:51,917 --> 00:27:55,208 So, ultimately, no contemporaneous record exists 494 00:27:55,291 --> 00:27:57,667 of what the social workers thought or observed 495 00:27:57,750 --> 00:27:59,959 when they interviewed Dylan. 496 00:28:00,041 --> 00:28:03,208 Stephen: All of the notes were destroyed. 497 00:28:03,291 --> 00:28:04,959 (Amy Ziering speaking) 498 00:28:05,041 --> 00:28:07,500 No. Notes are never destroyed. 499 00:28:07,583 --> 00:28:12,166 Notes are never destroyed during a forensic evaluation. 500 00:28:12,250 --> 00:28:15,917 Never, ever, ever destroyed. 501 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:17,500 Notes are evidence, 502 00:28:17,583 --> 00:28:20,208 and we would turn over any drawings, 503 00:28:20,291 --> 00:28:22,291 any notes we took in an interview. 504 00:28:22,375 --> 00:28:24,834 Anything that was written down in an interview 505 00:28:24,917 --> 00:28:27,875 would be handed over to law enforcement. 506 00:28:27,959 --> 00:28:30,834 Frank: If I had elected to go to trial on this case, 507 00:28:30,917 --> 00:28:33,875 my first question to each of those evaluators, 508 00:28:33,959 --> 00:28:36,208 "Let me see your contemporaneous notes 509 00:28:36,291 --> 00:28:39,041 in your interview of this child." 510 00:28:39,125 --> 00:28:42,500 Destroyed. All of them. 511 00:28:42,583 --> 00:28:48,625 Bottom line, this was basically a runaway evaluation. 512 00:28:48,709 --> 00:28:50,500 Michelle: Yale-New Haven did not have 513 00:28:50,583 --> 00:28:53,041 the authority to reach their conclusion. 514 00:28:53,125 --> 00:28:56,917 You know, they're talking about whether a crime occurred, 515 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,583 and the people who decide whether a child 516 00:28:59,667 --> 00:29:03,375 is a victim of a crime is a judge or a jury. 517 00:29:03,458 --> 00:29:05,542 I make the decision, not Yale. 518 00:29:05,625 --> 00:29:08,917 I haven't relinquished my constitutional responsibility 519 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,333 to decide whether or not we're going to prosecute. 520 00:29:11,417 --> 00:29:17,583 It is up to a trained prosecutor to determine whether or not 521 00:29:17,667 --> 00:29:22,792 that child has been sexually abused, period. 522 00:29:22,875 --> 00:29:25,792 No one should hold up that report 523 00:29:25,875 --> 00:29:29,166 and say Woody Allen was exonerated. 524 00:29:31,583 --> 00:29:33,625 ♪ ♪ 525 00:29:33,709 --> 00:29:36,417 Narrator: While the investigation continued in Connecticut, 526 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:38,125 the investigation in New York 527 00:29:38,208 --> 00:29:41,625 by the Child Welfare Administration was also underway. 528 00:29:41,709 --> 00:29:46,959 The supervisor assigned to the case was Sheryl Harden. 529 00:29:47,041 --> 00:29:50,709 Sheryl Harden: In my sex abuse unit, I was a senior supervisor. 530 00:29:50,792 --> 00:29:53,083 We investigated child abuse throughout the five boroughs 531 00:29:53,166 --> 00:29:54,333 of the City of New York. 532 00:29:54,417 --> 00:29:57,041 So after I read the allegations and I looked at it, 533 00:29:57,125 --> 00:29:58,792 I said, okay, I'll assign this to Paul. 534 00:29:58,875 --> 00:30:00,291 (inaudible) 535 00:30:00,375 --> 00:30:04,333 Paul Williams was one of the top investigators that I had. 536 00:30:04,417 --> 00:30:07,959 He was very thorough. He was objective. 537 00:30:08,041 --> 00:30:10,208 Bruce Baron: Paul Williams had roughly handled 538 00:30:10,291 --> 00:30:12,583 about 800 cases at the time, 539 00:30:12,667 --> 00:30:16,375 and just the year before, in 1991, 540 00:30:16,458 --> 00:30:17,875 the City of New York 541 00:30:17,959 --> 00:30:20,834 awarded him Caseworker of the Year. 542 00:30:20,917 --> 00:30:23,667 It was the first time that they had ever 543 00:30:23,750 --> 00:30:27,041 awarded such an award to a caseworker. 544 00:30:27,125 --> 00:30:29,041 Sheryl: Paul interviewed Dylan 545 00:30:29,125 --> 00:30:31,750 and found her to be quite credible. 546 00:30:31,834 --> 00:30:33,208 ♪ ♪ 547 00:30:33,291 --> 00:30:35,458 At her age, she should not know anything about 548 00:30:35,542 --> 00:30:37,500 inserting a finger into the vagina. 549 00:30:37,583 --> 00:30:38,959 She should not know anything about 550 00:30:39,041 --> 00:30:41,458 inserting a finger into the anus. 551 00:30:41,542 --> 00:30:43,667 Those are not things that should be 552 00:30:43,750 --> 00:30:46,458 easy for her to discuss, 553 00:30:46,542 --> 00:30:49,583 um, unless there's something occurring. 554 00:30:51,458 --> 00:30:53,583 Narrator: Among the records we obtained 555 00:30:53,667 --> 00:30:55,417 were a complete set of Paul Williams' 556 00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:58,291 contemporaneous investigation notes. 557 00:30:58,375 --> 00:31:02,500 Within the first two weeks of being assigned to the case, 558 00:31:02,583 --> 00:31:05,709 Williams reported that there was sufficient information 559 00:31:05,792 --> 00:31:08,709 to open a criminal investigation of Woody Allen 560 00:31:08,792 --> 00:31:10,959 in the state of New York. 561 00:31:12,125 --> 00:31:14,583 He was later told by superiors that, 562 00:31:14,667 --> 00:31:17,375 "in high-profile cases, it is customary 563 00:31:17,458 --> 00:31:21,125 for the big wigs to take over, and we do nothing." 564 00:31:21,208 --> 00:31:23,417 ♪ ♪ 565 00:31:23,500 --> 00:31:25,709 Bruce: This was no ordinary case. 566 00:31:25,792 --> 00:31:27,792 Filings were misfiled. 567 00:31:27,875 --> 00:31:31,041 Misinformation was put into the computer. 568 00:31:31,125 --> 00:31:34,542 There was clearly a strong political... 569 00:31:34,625 --> 00:31:37,834 climate to shut this thing down. 570 00:31:39,709 --> 00:31:42,083 But Paul Williams, his agenda 571 00:31:42,166 --> 00:31:44,458 was the best interest of the child. 572 00:31:45,959 --> 00:31:48,709 The City of New York had another agenda. 573 00:31:48,792 --> 00:31:53,041 They needed to suffocate and silence Paul Williams. 574 00:31:53,125 --> 00:31:56,125 And when he wouldn't shut up, they fired him. 575 00:31:57,583 --> 00:31:59,709 (Amy Ziering speaking) 576 00:31:59,792 --> 00:32:01,834 That he was insubordinate. 577 00:32:01,917 --> 00:32:04,959 He wasn't, he wasn't following instructions. 578 00:32:05,041 --> 00:32:06,750 I have no comment to say, okay? 579 00:32:06,834 --> 00:32:09,375 Rosanna (on video): Paul Williams may not want to answer our questions, 580 00:32:09,458 --> 00:32:10,750 but his attorney assures us 581 00:32:10,834 --> 00:32:13,083 he is not running away from an investigation 582 00:32:13,166 --> 00:32:15,250 into whether someone may have intervened 583 00:32:15,333 --> 00:32:16,709 in New York City's handling 584 00:32:16,792 --> 00:32:19,291 of the child abuse allegations against Woody Allen. 585 00:32:19,375 --> 00:32:21,583 I did my job, and I believe the kid, okay? 586 00:32:21,667 --> 00:32:24,250 -You believe the kid? -Yes. I have seen no evidence 587 00:32:24,333 --> 00:32:26,750 to led me to believe otherwise. I have nothing further. 588 00:32:26,834 --> 00:32:30,542 Reporter: Confidential notes obtained from the Human Resources Administration 589 00:32:30,625 --> 00:32:32,250 indicate that the investigator attributed 590 00:32:32,333 --> 00:32:35,959 the decision not to pursue the case to the mayor's office, 591 00:32:36,041 --> 00:32:37,792 a charge they deny. 592 00:32:37,875 --> 00:32:40,917 This wasn't about one supervisor 593 00:32:41,041 --> 00:32:43,792 or, or one, one department 594 00:32:43,875 --> 00:32:45,625 in, in this agency. 595 00:32:45,709 --> 00:32:50,417 This was a massive cover-up attempt, 596 00:32:50,500 --> 00:32:53,625 and Paul was caught in the middle. 597 00:32:53,709 --> 00:32:55,667 Reporter: Williams is suing the city, 598 00:32:55,750 --> 00:32:57,625 charging that the mayor's office hid 599 00:32:57,709 --> 00:33:00,375 and suppressed information in the case. 600 00:33:00,458 --> 00:33:03,291 Williams contends that higher-ups muzzled him, 601 00:33:03,375 --> 00:33:05,500 refusing to allow him to report his findings 602 00:33:05,583 --> 00:33:07,458 either to New York family court 603 00:33:07,542 --> 00:33:09,083 or to authorities in Connecticut, 604 00:33:09,166 --> 00:33:12,208 where a parallel investigation is still going on. 605 00:33:12,291 --> 00:33:14,208 ♪ ♪ 606 00:33:14,291 --> 00:33:17,625 Every procedure, every rule, every regulation, 607 00:33:17,709 --> 00:33:19,750 every statute, every ordinance 608 00:33:19,834 --> 00:33:22,625 with respect to investigation of a child sexual abuse 609 00:33:22,709 --> 00:33:24,375 in this matter was violated. 610 00:33:24,458 --> 00:33:27,250 Reporter: Women's rights activist Gloria Steinem 611 00:33:27,333 --> 00:33:30,125 came to lend her support to Paul Williams. 612 00:33:30,208 --> 00:33:31,834 Gloria Steinem: Someone who knew the case 613 00:33:31,917 --> 00:33:33,667 got in touch with me 614 00:33:33,750 --> 00:33:36,458 as just as a reporter, as a journalist. 615 00:33:36,542 --> 00:33:40,250 So, I talked to Paul. He seemed to me 616 00:33:41,208 --> 00:33:44,041 a very admirable, smart, 617 00:33:44,125 --> 00:33:48,000 empathetic person with no possible motive 618 00:33:48,083 --> 00:33:52,375 to do anything but do his best to, to find out the truth. 619 00:33:53,750 --> 00:33:56,834 Bruce: The determination that the judge made was that 620 00:33:56,917 --> 00:33:59,166 he shouldn't have been fired, 621 00:33:59,250 --> 00:34:02,166 and he was awarded his job back and back pay 622 00:34:02,250 --> 00:34:04,959 for what was taken from him. 623 00:34:06,291 --> 00:34:09,750 Paul Williams felt vindicated 624 00:34:09,834 --> 00:34:12,709 in the individual sense 625 00:34:12,792 --> 00:34:16,375 of what happened, in terms of getting his job back, 626 00:34:16,458 --> 00:34:18,667 but he was never able to complete 627 00:34:18,750 --> 00:34:21,834 the very job he was given. 628 00:34:21,917 --> 00:34:24,166 Narrator: Paul Williams still works for New York City's 629 00:34:24,250 --> 00:34:26,875 Administration for Children's Services, 630 00:34:26,959 --> 00:34:28,458 and a spokesperson from the agency 631 00:34:28,542 --> 00:34:32,291 declined our request for an interview. 632 00:34:32,375 --> 00:34:34,417 But in looking through his old case files, 633 00:34:34,500 --> 00:34:38,291 we were surprised to see a familiar name. 634 00:34:38,375 --> 00:34:41,375 Williams had corresponded directly with Jennifer Sawyer, 635 00:34:41,458 --> 00:34:43,542 one of the social workers who had interviewed Dylan 636 00:34:43,625 --> 00:34:46,500 for the Yale-New Haven investigation in Connecticut. 637 00:34:48,291 --> 00:34:49,583 According to Williams' notes, 638 00:34:49,667 --> 00:34:51,792 Sawyer had told him that she had not only 639 00:34:51,875 --> 00:34:54,208 considered Dylan credible, 640 00:34:54,291 --> 00:34:57,041 but believed that she had more to disclose. 641 00:34:58,500 --> 00:35:01,291 Sawyer's notes were later destroyed. 642 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,417 In the end, the result was 643 00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:09,458 that people with power were able 644 00:35:09,542 --> 00:35:12,000 to get the case removed. 645 00:35:13,333 --> 00:35:15,083 It just seemed to me, 646 00:35:15,166 --> 00:35:18,583 from everything I could glean as a reporter, 647 00:35:18,667 --> 00:35:21,542 to be a case of great injustice. 648 00:35:21,625 --> 00:35:23,500 I don't sleep at night. What I do is lay awake, 649 00:35:23,583 --> 00:35:25,500 thinking about how horrendous 650 00:35:25,583 --> 00:35:28,375 this entire matter has been, what they've done to her. 651 00:35:28,458 --> 00:35:30,625 ♪ ♪ 652 00:35:30,709 --> 00:35:34,083 Sheryl: The elite can do whatever they need to do, 653 00:35:34,166 --> 00:35:36,291 whatever they want to do, 654 00:35:36,375 --> 00:35:39,583 and there's no consequences for it. 655 00:35:43,375 --> 00:35:45,667 Not long after that, I think maybe a year later, 656 00:35:45,750 --> 00:35:48,000 I left the city agency completely. 657 00:35:52,417 --> 00:35:53,542 (Amy Ziering speaking) 658 00:35:53,625 --> 00:35:55,917 Because I could not continue to do what I did 659 00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:00,375 to those low-income families, those Black families, and 660 00:36:00,458 --> 00:36:02,792 welfare families, 661 00:36:02,875 --> 00:36:05,166 and have them treated differently 662 00:36:05,250 --> 00:36:07,875 than if they would've been a Woody Allen. 663 00:36:07,959 --> 00:36:10,875 (indistinct chatter) 664 00:36:10,959 --> 00:36:13,417 Casey Pascal: He's got an army of lawyers, 665 00:36:13,500 --> 00:36:15,750 and he's very wealthy. 666 00:36:15,834 --> 00:36:19,709 You know, people bend over backwards to do what he wants. 667 00:36:22,750 --> 00:36:25,458 Mia: What I really thought was that Woody was all-powerful, 668 00:36:25,542 --> 00:36:27,709 and that what he had told me was true, 669 00:36:27,792 --> 00:36:30,333 and that he could control the Yale people, 670 00:36:30,417 --> 00:36:33,792 the doctor there, and he could control, 671 00:36:33,875 --> 00:36:35,500 somehow, the New York people 672 00:36:35,583 --> 00:36:37,125 because he made his movies in New York. 673 00:36:37,208 --> 00:36:41,667 That brought millions of dollars to New York City. 674 00:36:41,750 --> 00:36:44,166 And what he had said to me was that, 675 00:36:44,250 --> 00:36:45,750 "It doesn't matter what's true. 676 00:36:45,834 --> 00:36:48,166 What matters is what's believed." 677 00:36:48,250 --> 00:36:52,208 And that-- He said it in such a cold way 678 00:36:52,291 --> 00:36:53,959 that... 679 00:36:54,041 --> 00:36:56,208 I thought, "Could he be right?" 680 00:36:56,291 --> 00:36:58,875 ♪ ♪ 681 00:36:58,959 --> 00:37:02,000 And then Woody sued me for custody, 682 00:37:02,083 --> 00:37:04,417 saying that I had to hand over my children 683 00:37:05,458 --> 00:37:07,333 'cause I was an unfit mother, 684 00:37:07,417 --> 00:37:11,000 turning my children against him with horrible lies. 685 00:37:11,083 --> 00:37:12,250 (inaudible) 686 00:37:12,333 --> 00:37:14,875 That he was gonna take Dylan, Moses, and Satchel. 687 00:37:14,959 --> 00:37:16,917 (inaudible) 688 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,709 But I also faced losing all of my children 689 00:37:19,792 --> 00:37:23,166 because if Woody were believed that I was a horrible mother, 690 00:37:23,250 --> 00:37:28,000 what would happen to all the other adopted children in the family? 691 00:37:28,083 --> 00:37:31,291 I mean, there was a lot to lose. 692 00:37:32,834 --> 00:37:35,000 (Mia speaking) 693 00:37:36,208 --> 00:37:38,333 (Woody speaking) 694 00:37:53,208 --> 00:37:57,625 ♪ ♪ 695 00:37:57,709 --> 00:38:01,083 John EB Myers: If you look back from an historical point of view, 696 00:38:01,166 --> 00:38:04,166 there's clearly a bias against women who made allegations 697 00:38:04,250 --> 00:38:07,917 of rape and sexual abuse against children. 698 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,041 The very term hysteria, as applied to women, 699 00:38:11,125 --> 00:38:13,166 was easy to believe that 700 00:38:13,250 --> 00:38:16,667 women who made allegations were themselves mentally ill. 701 00:38:18,417 --> 00:38:20,333 I personally read every law review article 702 00:38:20,417 --> 00:38:26,291 on this subject from the 1880s to the 1970s, and 703 00:38:26,375 --> 00:38:29,959 the level of skepticism of women's allegations 704 00:38:30,041 --> 00:38:34,166 of rape and sexual assault was almost monolithic. 705 00:38:34,250 --> 00:38:38,917 People don't want to believe that this could be happening in the context of a family. 706 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:43,083 It's so awful to think that a father could be doing this to his child 707 00:38:43,166 --> 00:38:45,166 that, that we would rather assume, 708 00:38:45,250 --> 00:38:48,667 we'll look for any explanation other than that being the truth. 709 00:38:48,750 --> 00:38:50,083 ♪ ♪ 710 00:38:50,166 --> 00:38:51,583 Reporter: Dr. Richard Gardner, 711 00:38:51,667 --> 00:38:54,667 known for his innovative work on children of divorce, 712 00:38:54,750 --> 00:38:58,208 coined the term, "parental alienation syndrome." 713 00:38:58,291 --> 00:39:01,667 The idea is that one parent, caught up in a custody battle, 714 00:39:01,750 --> 00:39:04,041 programs children against the other parent. 715 00:39:04,125 --> 00:39:07,000 Even fabricating charges of sexual abuse. 716 00:39:07,083 --> 00:39:11,333 It's not a rare phenomenon. Um, it's quite common. 717 00:39:11,417 --> 00:39:13,500 Reporter: He says it usually arises when a mother, 718 00:39:13,583 --> 00:39:15,000 afraid of losing custody, 719 00:39:15,083 --> 00:39:17,834 uses false accusations as a weapon. 720 00:39:17,917 --> 00:39:20,625 In about 90% of cases, it's the mother 721 00:39:20,709 --> 00:39:23,166 who is the programmer, and the father 722 00:39:23,250 --> 00:39:26,208 who is the victim of the campaign. 723 00:39:26,291 --> 00:39:30,083 Joan Meier: He said that when mothers report 724 00:39:30,166 --> 00:39:32,959 child sexual abuse in custody litigation, 725 00:39:33,041 --> 00:39:36,375 most of the time, they are doing so not because it's true, 726 00:39:36,458 --> 00:39:39,291 but because they want to alienate the children from their father. 727 00:39:39,375 --> 00:39:42,625 Children are very suggestible, and it's easier for them 728 00:39:42,709 --> 00:39:45,000 to start off with suggested ideas, 729 00:39:45,083 --> 00:39:46,750 which develop into delusions. 730 00:39:46,834 --> 00:39:48,333 I believe that we are witnessing 731 00:39:48,417 --> 00:39:50,041 the third greatest wave of hysteria 732 00:39:50,125 --> 00:39:52,375 that we've ever seen in this country. 733 00:39:52,458 --> 00:39:54,875 John: The problem with his syndrome is that 734 00:39:54,959 --> 00:39:58,834 it became a device for not believing people, 735 00:39:58,917 --> 00:40:01,792 and an easy way to brand the woman 736 00:40:01,875 --> 00:40:04,125 as mentally unstable 737 00:40:04,208 --> 00:40:06,667 and a deliberate fabricator. 738 00:40:07,875 --> 00:40:10,583 So here comes a book that professes 739 00:40:10,667 --> 00:40:14,125 to give us charts and diagrams and numbers 740 00:40:14,208 --> 00:40:16,375 and easy explanations for how to sort out 741 00:40:16,458 --> 00:40:18,709 whether this is true or false. 742 00:40:18,792 --> 00:40:21,959 It's all bogus. It's not real science, 743 00:40:22,041 --> 00:40:23,709 but it looks like science. 744 00:40:23,792 --> 00:40:27,083 ♪ ♪ 745 00:40:27,166 --> 00:40:30,166 Joan: There were large studies in the US and around the world, 746 00:40:30,250 --> 00:40:32,667 and they found that reports of child sexual abuse 747 00:40:32,750 --> 00:40:35,458 are rarely intentionally false. 748 00:40:50,041 --> 00:40:52,542 Kathy Slobogin: Gardner himself admits that his theories 749 00:40:52,625 --> 00:40:55,500 aren't based on any scientific or clinical research. 750 00:40:55,583 --> 00:40:57,083 Just his experience. 751 00:40:57,166 --> 00:40:58,959 His work on parental alienation 752 00:40:59,041 --> 00:41:00,500 isn't reviewed by peers. 753 00:41:00,583 --> 00:41:03,250 He publishes it all himself. 754 00:41:03,333 --> 00:41:06,333 Joan: He was clearly very, very troubled. 755 00:41:06,417 --> 00:41:09,250 He said crazy things, and he put some of them in print. 756 00:41:09,333 --> 00:41:12,417 ♪ ♪ 757 00:41:23,625 --> 00:41:26,458 He said that the earlier children become sexualized, 758 00:41:26,542 --> 00:41:27,834 the better it is for the race 759 00:41:27,917 --> 00:41:29,542 because they'll have more sex and more offspring. 760 00:41:29,625 --> 00:41:33,041 So this is all natural and good for them, for the species. 761 00:41:33,125 --> 00:41:35,291 After some of that became exposed, 762 00:41:35,375 --> 00:41:37,458 people started disparaging Richard Gardner 763 00:41:37,542 --> 00:41:40,750 and the parental alienation syndrome, 764 00:41:40,834 --> 00:41:43,000 but then they just started to keep on using it, 765 00:41:43,083 --> 00:41:45,750 even using his same criteria. 766 00:41:45,834 --> 00:41:49,375 So often, fathers who are accused of abuse 767 00:41:49,458 --> 00:41:53,500 respond by suing for custody. 768 00:41:53,583 --> 00:41:57,375 Joan: Very often, the abuser files for custody 769 00:41:57,458 --> 00:42:01,375 to tamp down any kind of criminal investigation that's going on. 770 00:42:01,458 --> 00:42:04,500 The timing of when Woody Allen filed for custody 771 00:42:04,583 --> 00:42:07,959 matches this strategy. 772 00:42:08,041 --> 00:42:09,458 Narrator: Within a week of learning 773 00:42:09,542 --> 00:42:12,166 he was being investigated for child abuse, 774 00:42:12,250 --> 00:42:15,500 Woody Allen filed a lawsuit against Mia Farrow 775 00:42:15,583 --> 00:42:19,250 for sole custody of Dylan, Satchel, and Moses. 776 00:42:21,750 --> 00:42:25,000 The suit claimed Mia was emotionally disturbed, 777 00:42:25,083 --> 00:42:28,625 unable to manage the rearing of her nine children, 778 00:42:28,709 --> 00:42:31,208 and was brainwashing the children with respect 779 00:42:31,291 --> 00:42:34,834 to the false allegations of sexual misconduct by Allen. 780 00:42:38,834 --> 00:42:41,959 ♪ ♪ 781 00:42:42,625 --> 00:42:46,166 (Mia speaking) 782 00:43:01,792 --> 00:43:03,959 (Woody speaking) 783 00:43:55,667 --> 00:43:56,750 (beep) 784 00:43:59,542 --> 00:44:01,041 (man speaking) 785 00:44:34,750 --> 00:44:36,875 A judge has barred television cameras 786 00:44:36,959 --> 00:44:39,166 from the courtroom during tomorrow's custody hearing 787 00:44:39,250 --> 00:44:41,875 between Woody Allen and Mia Farrow. 788 00:44:41,959 --> 00:44:45,959 Allen is suing for custody of the couple's three children. 789 00:44:46,041 --> 00:44:47,583 Reporter: He said he should have custody 790 00:44:47,667 --> 00:44:50,583 of the three youngest children he shared with Farrow 791 00:44:50,667 --> 00:44:52,458 because she was seeking vengeance on him 792 00:44:52,542 --> 00:44:55,333 through the children and using them as pawns. 793 00:44:55,417 --> 00:44:58,333 We are confident that after the, uh... 794 00:44:58,417 --> 00:45:01,709 all the evidence is in, we will prevail at the custody hearing. 795 00:45:01,792 --> 00:45:04,458 Rosanna: It was totally a circus in that courtroom. 796 00:45:04,542 --> 00:45:07,000 Everybody was jockeying for seats. 797 00:45:07,083 --> 00:45:09,583 I mean, every tabloid, 798 00:45:09,667 --> 00:45:12,709 every big TV personality was there. 799 00:45:12,792 --> 00:45:14,208 Everybody wanted to know 800 00:45:14,291 --> 00:45:17,583 how this was going to end for Woody Allen. 801 00:45:17,667 --> 00:45:20,375 Peter Marks: You know, Woody Allen, to New York, 802 00:45:20,458 --> 00:45:24,083 was a homegrown hero to a whole generation 803 00:45:24,166 --> 00:45:25,542 of artists, 804 00:45:25,625 --> 00:45:27,709 intellectuals, journalists. 805 00:45:27,792 --> 00:45:31,959 I grew up with Woody Allen as a hero. 806 00:45:33,375 --> 00:45:36,041 "The New York Times" was Woody Allen's 807 00:45:36,125 --> 00:45:38,583 hometown paper in so many ways. 808 00:45:38,667 --> 00:45:40,959 Vincent Canby, the film critic for "The New York Times," 809 00:45:41,041 --> 00:45:43,792 had long been a champion of Woody's work, 810 00:45:43,875 --> 00:45:46,000 and the readership of "The New York Times" 811 00:45:46,083 --> 00:45:48,208 and the viewership of Woody's films 812 00:45:48,291 --> 00:45:51,458 were almost, you know, two parallel audiences. 813 00:45:51,542 --> 00:45:54,875 William Grimes: He was the ultimate New Yorker. 814 00:45:54,959 --> 00:45:56,333 I mean, next to the Statue of Liberty, 815 00:45:56,417 --> 00:45:58,250 who was the most famous New Yorker? 816 00:45:58,333 --> 00:46:00,083 Who expressed the city best? 817 00:46:00,166 --> 00:46:02,542 Who epitomized it to the ultimate degree? 818 00:46:02,625 --> 00:46:05,041 It was Woody Allen, and so, 819 00:46:05,125 --> 00:46:09,166 the atmosphere was one of rapt attention. 820 00:46:13,458 --> 00:46:15,375 Narrator: The Allen v. Farrow trial 821 00:46:15,458 --> 00:46:18,166 was presided over by Judge Elliott Wilk, 822 00:46:18,250 --> 00:46:20,625 who would determine custody and visitation rights 823 00:46:20,709 --> 00:46:23,959 for Dylan, Satchel, and Moses. 824 00:46:25,208 --> 00:46:27,417 Woody Allen was the first witness sworn in, 825 00:46:27,500 --> 00:46:29,917 and his attorney, Elkan Abramowitz, 826 00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:31,417 lead the questioning. 827 00:46:31,500 --> 00:46:34,625 ♪ ♪ 828 00:46:50,959 --> 00:46:53,667 These claims of Mr. Allen were contradicted in court 829 00:46:53,750 --> 00:46:56,625 by three people who were supervising the children 830 00:46:56,709 --> 00:46:58,875 on the day of his visit. 831 00:46:58,959 --> 00:47:01,250 Kristi Groteke, Dylan's babysitter, 832 00:47:01,333 --> 00:47:04,667 testified that she had searched the house looking for Dylan, 833 00:47:04,750 --> 00:47:08,041 but was unable to locate her for about 20 minutes. 834 00:47:10,792 --> 00:47:14,875 During that same period, Sophie Bergé, Dylan's tutor, 835 00:47:14,959 --> 00:47:17,542 testified she was outside with the other children, 836 00:47:17,625 --> 00:47:21,375 where neither Dylan nor Allen were to be found. 837 00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:26,166 Earlier, Alison Stickland, another babysitter, 838 00:47:26,250 --> 00:47:28,000 testified that she had walked in 839 00:47:28,083 --> 00:47:30,208 on Dylan and Allen in the TV room. 840 00:47:43,375 --> 00:47:45,834 Peter: His head in her crotch. 841 00:47:45,917 --> 00:47:48,458 That stuck with me. 842 00:47:48,542 --> 00:47:54,125 I remember reporters all like exchanging sidelong glances. 843 00:47:54,208 --> 00:47:57,834 There seems no reasonable (laughs) 844 00:47:57,917 --> 00:48:00,709 way to look at that behavior 845 00:48:00,792 --> 00:48:03,667 as anything but trouble. 846 00:48:03,750 --> 00:48:05,709 ♪ ♪ 847 00:48:05,792 --> 00:48:09,458 William: The Woody who appeared at the trial was a... 848 00:48:09,542 --> 00:48:12,709 frightened, defensive creature 849 00:48:12,792 --> 00:48:15,208 who was out of his element. 850 00:48:15,291 --> 00:48:17,625 There was no sense from him 851 00:48:17,709 --> 00:48:20,250 that the motivation for wanting sole custody 852 00:48:20,333 --> 00:48:22,166 was his deep love for these children, 853 00:48:22,250 --> 00:48:23,875 his concern for their welfare. 854 00:48:23,959 --> 00:48:29,041 I think you did get a sense of his anger with Mia Farrow. 855 00:48:29,125 --> 00:48:30,875 Peter: It was really about 856 00:48:30,959 --> 00:48:34,542 portraying Mia as vindictive 857 00:48:34,625 --> 00:48:38,291 and seeking revenge for the relationship with Soon-Yi. 858 00:48:39,709 --> 00:48:43,291 They were attempting to make the case that, 859 00:48:43,375 --> 00:48:46,667 you know, Mia had concocted this story 860 00:48:46,750 --> 00:48:48,959 as a way to punish Woody. 861 00:49:13,959 --> 00:49:15,041 (static) 862 00:49:21,834 --> 00:49:24,792 Narrator: The videotape of Dylan talking about abuse 863 00:49:24,875 --> 00:49:27,125 in the TV room and then in the attic 864 00:49:27,208 --> 00:49:30,875 was entered as evidence in the custody trial. 865 00:49:30,959 --> 00:49:34,250 Mia testified that she had taped Dylan over two days 866 00:49:34,333 --> 00:49:37,083 whenever she had started to speak about it. 867 00:49:37,166 --> 00:49:41,000 As part of our research, we asked a team of independent experts 868 00:49:41,083 --> 00:49:43,125 to evaluate the tape. 869 00:49:43,208 --> 00:49:45,291 (tape static) 870 00:49:45,375 --> 00:49:47,709 (Dylan speaking) 871 00:50:13,875 --> 00:50:16,375 What a child forensic interviewer is gonna be looking for is 872 00:50:16,458 --> 00:50:19,083 as the child is describing what happened, 873 00:50:19,166 --> 00:50:21,417 does it seem like they are recounting something 874 00:50:21,500 --> 00:50:24,208 that actually happened to them, or is there a disconnect 875 00:50:24,291 --> 00:50:27,250 between the words that they're using and their body language 876 00:50:27,333 --> 00:50:30,041 or their voice inflection or that sort of thing? 877 00:50:33,291 --> 00:50:36,250 John Clune: You can see the child almost physically reenacting 878 00:50:36,333 --> 00:50:38,667 as though they're recalling what happened to them, 879 00:50:38,750 --> 00:50:41,583 by you can see her reaching towards her backside. 880 00:50:46,041 --> 00:50:47,458 Mia: Mm-hmm. 881 00:50:52,125 --> 00:50:53,291 Mia: Mm-hmm. 882 00:51:08,959 --> 00:51:12,542 Anna Salter: Mia Farrow was actually pretty careful in her questions. 883 00:51:12,625 --> 00:51:14,083 All she did was say, 884 00:51:14,166 --> 00:51:17,542 "Who, what, when, where, and how." 885 00:51:17,625 --> 00:51:19,959 There were no overt suggestions like, 886 00:51:20,041 --> 00:51:21,542 "He molested you, didn't he?" 887 00:51:21,625 --> 00:51:24,458 So there's none of that kind of coaching going on, 888 00:51:24,542 --> 00:51:28,041 where there are implicit suggestions, such as, 889 00:51:28,125 --> 00:51:31,083 um, one that I saw was 890 00:51:31,166 --> 00:51:32,959 Mia Farrow clearly believed that 891 00:51:33,041 --> 00:51:34,875 he must've taken the child's pants off, 892 00:51:34,959 --> 00:51:38,166 so she asked, "Did he take your pants off?" 893 00:51:42,500 --> 00:51:46,458 Anna: Dylan says no. She keeps coming back. 894 00:51:55,166 --> 00:51:56,333 Anna:: From my point of view, 895 00:51:56,417 --> 00:51:58,583 what's important is Dylan's response. 896 00:51:58,667 --> 00:52:00,792 Does she go along with the suggestion? 897 00:52:00,875 --> 00:52:03,750 "Yes, he-- Oh yeah, yeah, he took my pants off." 898 00:52:03,834 --> 00:52:05,166 But she doesn't. 899 00:52:05,250 --> 00:52:08,667 It's not just what the interviewer says. 900 00:52:08,750 --> 00:52:13,291 It's whether the child is suggestible or not that matters. 901 00:52:13,375 --> 00:52:16,166 And Dylan says no to things like that. 902 00:52:16,250 --> 00:52:19,375 She's very consistent in her story in this. 903 00:52:44,625 --> 00:52:47,083 Michelle: When a child is disclosing a conversation 904 00:52:47,166 --> 00:52:49,917 or something that another person says, 905 00:52:50,041 --> 00:52:53,625 um, that again increases the credibility of the statement 906 00:52:53,709 --> 00:52:56,542 'cause she's restating something that she heard. 907 00:52:56,625 --> 00:52:58,667 And so that's, again, something that would be hard 908 00:52:58,750 --> 00:53:01,917 to be coached on or fabricate about. 909 00:53:24,041 --> 00:53:26,458 John: The child is starting to kind of shut down. 910 00:53:26,542 --> 00:53:28,375 It wouldn't surprise me at all, watching this clip, 911 00:53:28,458 --> 00:53:30,750 if the child already is getting tired of 912 00:53:30,834 --> 00:53:32,709 being asked these questions. 913 00:53:32,792 --> 00:53:36,375 Anna: That is a very typical progression 914 00:53:36,458 --> 00:53:39,208 for an abused child. 915 00:53:39,291 --> 00:53:43,166 Not so much for a false accusation. 916 00:53:43,250 --> 00:53:47,625 False accusations tend to get stronger under pressure. 917 00:53:50,959 --> 00:53:52,333 Mia: No. 918 00:54:01,750 --> 00:54:05,375 Mia: Okay. We'll stop talking then. I'm gonna turn this off. 919 00:54:05,458 --> 00:54:08,875 ♪ ♪ 920 00:54:08,959 --> 00:54:11,083 (static) 921 00:54:14,834 --> 00:54:18,000 Dylan: What's in that tape feels like that is 922 00:54:18,083 --> 00:54:21,583 who I am when you strip away 923 00:54:21,667 --> 00:54:23,834 everything else. 924 00:54:25,333 --> 00:54:28,625 When you look underneath all my layers, 925 00:54:28,709 --> 00:54:32,458 down to the very center of who I am. 926 00:54:34,834 --> 00:54:37,125 I am that little girl on the tape. 927 00:54:39,417 --> 00:54:41,542 (sighs) So... 928 00:54:45,625 --> 00:54:48,333 it's a very vulnerable part of me. 929 00:54:50,125 --> 00:54:52,291 Um, and a very... 930 00:54:54,834 --> 00:54:57,041 a very hurt part of me. 931 00:54:58,041 --> 00:54:59,709 There's a lot of... 932 00:55:01,792 --> 00:55:04,250 That little girl is in a lot of pain. 933 00:55:05,542 --> 00:55:07,959 ♪ ♪ 934 00:55:08,041 --> 00:55:10,208 This kind of abuse 935 00:55:10,291 --> 00:55:13,041 warps something inside of you. 936 00:55:15,458 --> 00:55:19,000 Because it doesn't happen 937 00:55:19,083 --> 00:55:21,792 by a stranger that snatches you off the street 938 00:55:21,875 --> 00:55:23,667 and throws you in a van. 939 00:55:24,375 --> 00:55:26,000 ♪ ♪ 940 00:55:26,083 --> 00:55:30,750 It happens by someone you love and someone you trust. 941 00:55:31,875 --> 00:55:35,375 Someone who buckles your seatbelt, 942 00:55:36,792 --> 00:55:40,083 takes your hand when you walk down the street, 943 00:55:41,625 --> 00:55:43,792 reads you bedtime stories. 944 00:55:45,041 --> 00:55:47,208 ♪ ♪ 945 00:55:47,291 --> 00:55:49,417 It's incomprehensible 946 00:55:49,500 --> 00:55:51,333 to normal people 947 00:55:51,417 --> 00:55:53,792 because it's not normal. 948 00:56:06,667 --> 00:56:08,500 Reporter: It was the 20th day of a trial 949 00:56:08,583 --> 00:56:10,667 that has played out over nearly seven weeks 950 00:56:10,750 --> 00:56:12,000 in a New York courtroom, 951 00:56:12,083 --> 00:56:13,625 a day for closing arguments 952 00:56:13,709 --> 00:56:14,959 by lawyers for Woody Allen, 953 00:56:15,041 --> 00:56:16,625 who is seeking custody of three children 954 00:56:16,709 --> 00:56:19,709 from his 12-year unmarried partnership with Mia Farrow. 955 00:56:19,792 --> 00:56:21,208 Farrow wiped tears from her eyes 956 00:56:21,291 --> 00:56:23,542 as Abramowitz accused her of seeking revenge 957 00:56:23,625 --> 00:56:25,542 for Allen's affair with Soon-Yi. 958 00:56:25,625 --> 00:56:27,500 The attorney argued, "a mother who cannot 959 00:56:27,583 --> 00:56:29,583 "subjugate her anger at a father 960 00:56:29,667 --> 00:56:31,208 is unfit to be a parent." 961 00:56:31,291 --> 00:56:33,542 ♪ ♪ 962 00:56:33,625 --> 00:56:35,792 Mia: I was so scared. 963 00:56:37,125 --> 00:56:39,917 And I didn't know what would happen next. 964 00:56:41,500 --> 00:56:44,792 And so, we waited for the decision. 965 00:56:47,375 --> 00:56:49,375 We waited a week. 966 00:56:49,458 --> 00:56:51,542 We waited two weeks. 967 00:56:51,625 --> 00:56:53,417 We waited a month. 968 00:56:53,500 --> 00:56:54,959 And finally, 969 00:56:55,041 --> 00:56:58,208 the judge brought his opinion down. 970 00:56:58,291 --> 00:57:01,250 Woody Allen's bitter child custody battle with Mia Farrow, 971 00:57:01,333 --> 00:57:04,583 waged for ten months, often in public, is over. 972 00:57:04,667 --> 00:57:06,709 And a New York judge today cast Allen in a role 973 00:57:06,792 --> 00:57:09,458 he has often played onscreen: loser. 974 00:57:09,542 --> 00:57:11,667 Reporter: The judge saw Allen did not demonstrate 975 00:57:11,750 --> 00:57:14,083 parenting skills that would qualify him 976 00:57:14,166 --> 00:57:16,875 to care for Moses, Dylan, or Satchel. 977 00:57:16,959 --> 00:57:19,750 Peter: On June 7th, 1993, 978 00:57:19,834 --> 00:57:23,041 Judge Wilk issued his decision, 979 00:57:23,125 --> 00:57:27,625 and it was scathing. 980 00:57:27,709 --> 00:57:30,583 Narrator: He stated, "Mr. Allen's behavior towards Dylan 981 00:57:30,667 --> 00:57:32,458 "was grossly inappropriate, 982 00:57:32,542 --> 00:57:35,834 "and that measures must be taken to protect her. 983 00:57:37,375 --> 00:57:40,041 "It is unclear whether Mr. Allen will ever develop 984 00:57:40,125 --> 00:57:42,250 "the insight and judgment necessary 985 00:57:42,333 --> 00:57:46,500 "for him to relate to Dylan appropriately. 986 00:57:46,583 --> 00:57:49,208 "The evidence at trial established that Ms. Farrow 987 00:57:49,291 --> 00:57:52,792 "is a caring and loving mother. 988 00:57:52,875 --> 00:57:55,041 "I am not persuaded that the videotape of Dylan 989 00:57:55,125 --> 00:57:59,458 "is the product of leading questions or of the child's fantasy. 990 00:57:59,542 --> 00:58:01,417 "There is no credible evidence to support 991 00:58:01,500 --> 00:58:06,000 Mr. Allen's contention that Ms. Farrow coached Dylan." 992 00:58:06,083 --> 00:58:09,250 Reporter: He ruled Allen could not visit Dylan for at least six months, 993 00:58:09,333 --> 00:58:10,834 and questioned whether he could ever be 994 00:58:10,917 --> 00:58:12,542 a fit parent to the girl. 995 00:58:12,625 --> 00:58:15,625 Allen will be able to have supervised visits with Satchel, 996 00:58:15,709 --> 00:58:17,667 the couple's biological child. 997 00:58:17,750 --> 00:58:19,834 But 15-year-old Moses was left to decide 998 00:58:19,917 --> 00:58:23,709 whether he wants to see his adoptive father. 999 00:58:23,792 --> 00:58:25,792 Narrator: Judge Wilk also addressed the findings 1000 00:58:25,875 --> 00:58:30,333 of the Yale-New Haven report in his decision, stating, 1001 00:58:30,417 --> 00:58:32,500 "The unavailability of the notes, 1002 00:58:32,583 --> 00:58:36,500 "together with their unwillingness to testify at this trial, 1003 00:58:36,583 --> 00:58:39,208 "resulted in a report which was sanitized, 1004 00:58:39,291 --> 00:58:41,750 and, therefore, less credible." 1005 00:58:43,417 --> 00:58:44,792 Peter: He could've very easily said, 1006 00:58:44,875 --> 00:58:47,166 "I followed the guidelines of the Yale study team. 1007 00:58:47,250 --> 00:58:50,083 They're a very, very prestigious organization." 1008 00:58:50,166 --> 00:58:52,083 But he didn't. 1009 00:58:52,166 --> 00:58:54,875 He said he didn't buy it. 1010 00:58:56,750 --> 00:58:59,542 I didn't buy it either. 1011 00:58:59,625 --> 00:59:01,667 I-- You know, it's hard. As a reporter, 1012 00:59:01,750 --> 00:59:04,417 it's hard to admit this in a way. 1013 00:59:04,500 --> 00:59:07,917 I absolutely worshiped Woody Allen 1014 00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:11,583 before this trial, and... 1015 00:59:12,583 --> 00:59:15,125 I still-- Well, the proof is 1016 00:59:15,208 --> 00:59:18,083 I could never watch a Woody Allen film again after this. 1017 00:59:19,083 --> 00:59:20,667 (scoffs) 1018 00:59:20,750 --> 00:59:22,542 It's... 1019 00:59:22,625 --> 00:59:25,250 It's still... It still hurts, 1020 00:59:25,333 --> 00:59:27,041 and it still wrenches me to say that. 1021 00:59:27,125 --> 00:59:30,333 It's just-- it's still not easy to say that. 1022 00:59:30,417 --> 00:59:33,500 ♪ ♪ 1023 00:59:34,750 --> 00:59:37,709 Mia: My hope now is that I can go home, 1024 00:59:37,792 --> 00:59:39,875 back to my children, 1025 00:59:39,959 --> 00:59:42,417 and that we will finally 1026 00:59:42,500 --> 00:59:44,709 have some measure of peace, 1027 00:59:44,792 --> 00:59:46,875 and be allowed to heal, 1028 00:59:47,000 --> 00:59:48,792 to begin that. 1029 00:59:48,875 --> 00:59:51,250 It was a very strange 1030 00:59:51,333 --> 00:59:53,458 feeling for me, 1031 00:59:53,542 --> 00:59:56,166 being told that... 1032 00:59:58,291 --> 00:59:59,375 (sighs) 1033 01:00:00,792 --> 01:00:03,083 I never had to see him again. 1034 01:00:03,166 --> 01:00:04,750 And it wasn't framed as, 1035 01:00:04,834 --> 01:00:06,750 "You're never gonna see your father again." 1036 01:00:06,834 --> 01:00:10,709 It was framed as... 1037 01:00:10,792 --> 01:00:14,041 "Do you ever want to see him again?" And... 1038 01:00:16,166 --> 01:00:17,709 I didn't. 1039 01:00:17,792 --> 01:00:20,250 Woody: I feel it's... 1040 01:00:20,333 --> 01:00:22,250 unfortunate, even tragic for the kids, 1041 01:00:22,333 --> 01:00:24,250 that I didn't get custody of them. 1042 01:00:24,333 --> 01:00:27,750 And, uh, and if I could have just a second to thank 1043 01:00:27,834 --> 01:00:29,792 all the people in the streets 1044 01:00:29,875 --> 01:00:31,166 and at the Knick games 1045 01:00:31,250 --> 01:00:33,458 and who have come over to me and given me their support 1046 01:00:33,542 --> 01:00:36,333 and said terrific things to me and, you know, 1047 01:00:36,417 --> 01:00:38,208 I'm still in there fighting 1048 01:00:38,291 --> 01:00:40,625 and doing my best, and thank you. 1049 01:00:40,709 --> 01:00:43,834 ♪ ♪ 1050 01:01:09,625 --> 01:01:11,875 (reporter speaking) 1051 01:01:11,959 --> 01:01:13,250 Eleanor Alter: I don't know. 1052 01:01:13,333 --> 01:01:15,208 I have no idea what Connecticut's going to do. 1053 01:01:15,291 --> 01:01:17,500 I don't even know all the information they have. 1054 01:01:17,583 --> 01:01:19,709 They have been very diligent. 1055 01:01:19,792 --> 01:01:22,166 I think they are also acting as best they can 1056 01:01:22,250 --> 01:01:24,875 to protect the children in this family. 1057 01:01:24,959 --> 01:01:27,333 Frank: My instructions to the Connecticut State Police 1058 01:01:27,417 --> 01:01:29,333 was to gather your evidence, 1059 01:01:29,417 --> 01:01:33,166 and submit to me an arrest warrant application. 1060 01:01:33,250 --> 01:01:35,208 The decision as to whether or not 1061 01:01:35,291 --> 01:01:38,333 there was going to be a prosecution was my decision. 1062 01:01:38,417 --> 01:01:39,792 ♪ ♪ 1063 01:01:39,875 --> 01:01:42,709 Narrator: Maco's team had compiled 1,700 pages 1064 01:01:42,792 --> 01:01:44,500 of evidentiary material, 1065 01:01:44,583 --> 01:01:46,542 including witness statements, 1066 01:01:46,625 --> 01:01:49,792 logs of the physical evidence collected by police, 1067 01:01:49,875 --> 01:01:51,750 forensic reports, 1068 01:01:51,834 --> 01:01:53,625 maps of the crime scene, 1069 01:01:53,709 --> 01:01:57,291 and reports of interviews with all of the people involved. 1070 01:01:58,542 --> 01:02:00,625 Among the state's evidence were records 1071 01:02:00,709 --> 01:02:03,166 of a police interview with Woody Allen 1072 01:02:03,250 --> 01:02:04,792 where he was inconsistent 1073 01:02:04,875 --> 01:02:09,291 about whether he had ever been in the attic crawlspace area, 1074 01:02:09,375 --> 01:02:10,750 and interviews with Dylan 1075 01:02:10,834 --> 01:02:13,875 by three clinically trained child abuse experts 1076 01:02:13,959 --> 01:02:16,208 from different government agencies, 1077 01:02:16,291 --> 01:02:19,291 all of whom found Dylan to be consistent, 1078 01:02:19,375 --> 01:02:23,125 honest, and believed she was telling the truth. 1079 01:02:23,208 --> 01:02:24,959 ♪ ♪ 1080 01:02:25,041 --> 01:02:27,250 The conclusion of his investigators 1081 01:02:27,333 --> 01:02:29,250 was that there was probable cause to issue 1082 01:02:29,333 --> 01:02:31,250 an arrest warrant for Woody Allen 1083 01:02:31,333 --> 01:02:34,041 on the charges of first and fourth degree 1084 01:02:34,125 --> 01:02:36,667 sexual assault of a minor. 1085 01:02:38,667 --> 01:02:41,834 Frank: I was confident there was probable cause. 1086 01:02:41,917 --> 01:02:45,917 Meaning reasonable grounds to believe a crime was committed, 1087 01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:49,583 but I have to prove my case beyond a reasonable doubt. 1088 01:02:49,667 --> 01:02:52,125 I can't prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt 1089 01:02:52,208 --> 01:02:53,959 without a child. 1090 01:02:54,041 --> 01:02:56,750 In other words, could this child 1091 01:02:56,834 --> 01:02:58,667 be my first witness 1092 01:02:58,750 --> 01:03:03,959 on the stand to say what had occurred? 1093 01:03:04,041 --> 01:03:08,000 This case hinged on the testimony of a seven-year-old girl. 1094 01:03:14,083 --> 01:03:17,208 ♪ ♪ 1095 01:03:30,709 --> 01:03:33,834 ♪ ♪ 1096 01:03:43,792 --> 01:03:46,875 ♪ ♪ 1097 01:04:13,834 --> 01:04:16,917 ♪ ♪ 1098 01:05:22,041 --> 01:05:23,959 SPEAKER: The option was clear. Have Allen arrested, 1099 01:05:24,041 --> 01:05:27,083 go to trial, and put the child on the stand 1100 01:05:27,166 --> 01:05:28,417 as my first witness. 1101 01:05:28,750 --> 01:05:31,667 But was it truly, in her best interest? 1102 01:05:31,959 --> 01:05:33,291 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 1103 01:05:33,500 --> 01:05:35,000 REPORTER: Allen denies child abuse. 1104 01:05:35,333 --> 01:05:37,500 DYLAN FARROW: I caused a rift in my family. 1105 01:05:37,709 --> 01:05:39,667 None of my siblings were ever the same. 1106 01:05:39,750 --> 01:05:41,375 RONAN FARROW: I just wanted to run away from this. 1107 01:05:41,458 --> 01:05:44,667 When I read the court documents, my reaction was, 1108 01:05:44,750 --> 01:05:46,000 "Well, holy shit." 1109 01:05:46,208 --> 01:05:47,750 REPORTER 2: Could you give us a comment, Woody? 1110 01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:51,083 RONAN: There was incentive to be drawn into efforts 1111 01:05:51,166 --> 01:05:52,625 to discredit my sister. 1112 01:05:52,709 --> 01:05:55,792 SPEAKER 2: This is a calculated move in a media war. 1113 01:05:56,000 --> 01:05:57,166 MIA FARROW: I was so scared. 1114 01:05:57,250 --> 01:05:59,000 I didn't know what would happen next. 1115 01:06:02,667 --> 01:06:04,250 ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪