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In reply to the discussion: The vilification of Mia Farrow on DU [View all]BainsBane
(55,391 posts)They refused to testify in court. Their examination was not done in accordance with professional standards. They never observed Dylan and Woody together. They destroyed their notes, making it impossible for the judge to determine how they have arrived upon their assessment. In refusing to testify, they made clear they would not constitute evidence in the case.
Additionally, you claimed to believe Moses. The court makes clear who was there on the day of the alleged assault. Moses was not among them. There was a witness who says Dylan return from being alone with woody (even though there was as standing court order that Woody was not allowed to be alone with any of the children) with no underwear on. She was a baby sitter of another family. She later told her boss, who told Mia, who then asked Dylan what had happened. Dylan told her, and later told the same story to her family physician and to a therapist hired by Woody, Schultz. In the last case, Mia was not even present when Dylan told Schultz. Schultz lied about the fact Dylan had said she was abused, sat on the information for a week, and then finally called Woody before reporting the abuse to NY child services.
Moses presents an entirely different picture in the court record than he does today. The linked decision, a finding of fact, includes a letter from Moses in which he says how angry he is at his father, that everyone knows not to have sex with their children's sister, and that he had "crushed my dreams."
Additionally, Woody presented no evidence to the court that Mia had implanted memories or brainwashed her. The court record shows that all of Woody's allegations abut Mia were entirely unfounded. The only basis for the brainwashing defense was an utterance Mia made after learning what happened to Dylan when he expressed hope that it might be a fantasy. She did not want for her daughter to have been molested by her father.
Read the legal document, if you really care about the facts of the case. http://www.scribd.com/doc/205403621/Allen-v-Farrow-Custody-Ruling-June-7-1993