Mia Farrow accused her ex-boyfriend Woody Allen of “using his adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn as a weapon” against her after his explosive separation.
At the end of the four-part HBO documentary series “Allen v. Farrow, ”the 76-year-old actress said Allen tried to use his now wife Previn and his adopted son, Moses, against her, People reported.
“He armed two of my children as a weapon to turn on me,” she said.
Farrow opened up about the discovery that the filmmaker was having an affair with Previn, then a teenager – and allegations that he sexually abused his daughter Dylan in the family’s attic when she was 7 in 1992.
Moses, who is Farrow’s eldest adopted son, sided with Allen and accused her of being an abusive mother in a long rehearsal in 2018.
“They are all people that I loved with all my heart. They are all people I would have given my life for, ”said Farrow in documentaries.
Farrow said he hopes that Previn will change his mind and want to restore their relationship.
“I love Soon-Yi. It took me six years to throw away the Christmas stocking I made for her thinking she would be back, but she didn’t, ”she said.
Farrow said that her relationship with Allen prevented her from trusting men again.
“I never brought anyone home because I didn’t want to risk someone falling in love with one of my beautiful children or grandchildren,” said Farrow.
“If I couldn’t trust Woody after 12 years, I would never take another risk with someone else. I don’t trust myself to know. How would you know? I do not know. So, I never brought them home. “
Allen – who vehemently denied harassing Dylan – criticized the HBO series as a “hatchet” that was “riddled with lies”.
After Sunday’s end, social media users reacted to the series’ revelations – including allegations by the son of the ex-couple, journalist Ronan Farrow, that Allen offered him financial aid to speak out against his mother.
“Ronan revealing that Woody only offered financial support for education if he spoke out against his mother and sister, something that a loving father does not do. It’s what an attacker does, ” wrote a Twitter user.
Other added, “I must confess that I was skeptical of the accusations against Woody Allen for abusing his daughter. My skepticism stemmed mainly from Moses Farrow’s essay. However, my mind changed after watching Allen v Farrow on HBO. “