Dylan Farrow slams Soon-Yi Previn interview: 'No one is 'parading me around as a victim''

Farrow claimed the 'New York Magazine' piece contained "multiple obvious falsehoods."
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Dylan Farrow slams Soon-Yi Previn interview: 'No one is 'parading me around as a victim''
Dylan Farrow has responded to a interview with Soon-Yi Previn, the adoptive daughter of Mia Farrow and wife of Woody Allen. Credit: Stephane Cardinale - Corbis, Kristina Bumphrey/Starpix/Shutterstock

Soon-Yi Previn, the adoptive daughter of Mia Farrow and wife of Woody Allen, has spoken about her upbringing and relationship with Allen.

And her sister, Dylan Farrow, has slammed every word, accusing her of "bizarre fabrications."

In a New York Magazine profile published on Sunday night, Soon-Yi discussed what she described as a fractured relationship with her adopted mother, and stood up for Allen in the midst of refreshed sexual abuse allegations by her sister, Dylan.

"I was never interested in writing a Mommie Dearest, getting even with Mia — none of that," Soon-Yi told the publication.

"But what’s happened to Woody is so upsetting, so unjust. [Mia] has taken advantage of the #MeToo movement and paraded Dylan as a victim. And a whole new generation is hearing about it when they shouldn’t."

In response, Dylan Farrow denounced author Daphne Merkin's alleged 40-year friendship and "infatuation" with Allen, and said the piece contained "multiple obvious falsehoods."

"The idea of letting a friend of an alleged predator write a one-sided piece attacking the credibility of his victim is disgusting," she wrote in a statement via Twitter.

"I have a message for the media and allies of Woody Allen: no one is 'parading me around as a victim' - I continue to be an adult woman making a credible allegation unchanged for two decades, backed up by evidence."

In the New York Magazine piece, Mia Farrow is painted as being allegedly "never kind, never civil" to Soon-Yi, who said she was described as a "moron" or "retarded" by her adoptive mother.

"It’s hard for someone to imagine, but I really can’t come up with a pleasant memory," Soon-Yi explained.

In response, Dylan Farrow published a statement on behalf of Mia Farrow's other children, defending their mother against allegations of mistreatment.

"None of us ever witnessed anything other than compassionate treatment in our home, which is why the courts granted sole custody to our mother of all her children," it read. "We reject any effort to deflect from Dylan's allegation by trying to vilify our mom."

In another statement via Twitter, journalist and Mia Farrow's son Ronan Farrow — who has reported extensively on the #MeToo movement and sexual abuse in the entertainment industry — said he owed everything to his mother.

"She is a devoted mom who went through hell for her family, all while creating a loving home for us. But that has never stopped Woody Allen and his allies from planting stories that attack and vilify my mother to deflect from my sister's credible allegation of abuse," he wrote.

"As a brother and a son, I'm angry that New York Magazine would participate in this kind of a hit job, written by a longtime admirer and friend of Woody Allen's.

"As a journalist, I'm shocked by the lack of care for the facts, the refusal to include eyewitness testimony that would contradict falsehoods in this piece, and the failure to print my sister's responses.

"Survivors of abuse deserve better."

New York Magazine issued a statement defending the feature interview, saying, "We believe [Soon-Yi] is entitled to be heard."

UPDATE: Sept. 17, 2018, 12:41 p.m. AEST Updated with New York Magazine's statement.

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