Allen v. Farrow filmmakers Amy Ziering and Amy Herdy released an interview with the nanny, who said she saw Woody Allen allegedly acting inappropriately with Dylan Farrow, then seven. The interview starts at 23:24 on the second episode of Allen v. Farrow podcast.
Alison Stickland was the nanny of Mia Farrow’s friend, Casey Pascal, one of three people in the house at the time of the alleged incident and a direct witness to the alleged incident. As Herdy explains, she spent two years trying to find Stickland, who lives in the UK, eventually finding a possible address and sending a handwritten letter. A few days after the filmmakers ended production on the episode featuring Stickland’s testimony in court, Herdy received a text message from Stickland saying she was ready to speak.
In the interview, Stickland said she was shocked to receive the letter, but felt the responsibility to speak with the filmmakers. She remembered the summers she spent taking Pascal’s children to Farrow’s home in Connecticut and the day she witnessed the alleged incident.
“At some point during the day, I didn’t see any of Mrs. Pascal’s children, so I went into the house to take a look, opened the door to a small TV room and when I opened it, I saw Woody, kneeling, kneeling on the floor. in front of Dylan, with her head on her lap, ”said Stickland.
Stickland, who was in his early twenties, continued: “I was shocked. I found it very strange. I didn’t know what to think about it, it’s not something you expect to see a father and a daughter … you know, a situation to see a father and a daughter. “
Stickland said he was sure that Allen was aware that she entered because she entered the room normally, as “there was no reason for me to go silent”. And when asked what Dylan looked like at that moment, Stickland said, “She was just sitting there … I don’t remember any conversation or laughter. She was just sitting there, and everything was very quiet. “
Stickland said she was so concerned about what she saw that she was forced to tell Pascal later that night. It was Pascal’s call to Farrow the next day that led him to make a video of Dylan telling the incident; Allen repeatedly denied the allegations and claimed that Dylan was trained in what to say (the video was already available in court documents, but Allen v. Farrow marks the first time it aired publicly).
Asked about Allen’s claim in his testimony that his interaction with Dylan was an innocent and paternal thing, Stickland replied, “I’m not sure – maybe from his point of view he saw it that way. But it didn’t seem like normal behavior. You don’t expect a father to have his head on his daughter’s lap. That’s why it bothered me so much. “