In support of what you saying, it's disconcerting to know that some people can bay for someone's blood with no concrete evidence. These people are completely willing to believe someone who play victim and are willing to consider that false allegations especially by women are even a thing.

( As a side note I think the daughter is someone who is susceptible to false memories. I think till date I have read of 2 other similar cases where innocent fathers were accused.)

I was thinking more about how he was banging his partner's adopted daughter who was 25 years younger than him while she was still in school (though over 18), then later marrying her. It screwed up the entire family.

All the rancor and accusations (true or false) stem from what a selfish horny creepy cheating idiot Allen was at the time. It's all on him.

So I stand by my subtle criticism of Allen.

> 25 years younger than him while she was still in school (though over 18)

So the figure of 25 years matters for you, would it have made any difference if the figure were 2.5 years?

> my subtle criticism of Allen.

It's very far from subtle.

> would it have made any difference if the figure were 2.5 years?

“What if Woody Allen adopted an adult woman almost exactly his own age?” is a great question

Soon Yi was adopted by Mia Farrow and her husband at the time, André Previn. Hence her maiden name, Previn.

Woody Allen was never a father figure to her [1]. He married her and they're still together today, decades later. He never married Mia Farrow.

[1] https://www.newsweek.com/soon-yi-speaks-lets-not-get-hysteri...

Agreed, that's also a great question.