A Rainy Day in New York: Woody Allen's latest film may not be released at all after sexual abuse claims
The film was due to be distributed by Amazon later this year, starring Timothée Chalamet and Selena Gomez
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Your support makes all the difference.As Woody Allen's past collaborators have increasingly distanced themselves and condemned the director, attention has now turned to the fate of his latest film, A Rainy Day in New York.
In 1992, Allen's former partner Mia Farrow contacted authorities after her daughter, Dylan, allegedly described sexual abuse by the director. Though Allen has repeatedly denied the allegations and was not criminally charged, Farrow was granted with full custody after a judge found Dylan's testimony to be credible.
Colin Firth, Mira Sorvino, Greta Gerwig, Timothée Chalamet, and Rebecca Hall have all come forward to express their regret over working with Allen. Both Hall and Chalamet star in A Rain Day in New York, and have opted to donate their salaries to charity.
Others have come forward to express their support for, and belief in, Dylan Farrow, including Natalie Portman, Reese Witherspoon, and Tracee Ellis Ross.
An anonymous source has now told The New York Post that A Rainy Day in New York, which is due to be distributed by Amazon, may now not be released at all, stating: "Rain Day will either not come out or [will] get dumped by Amazon without any p.r. or theatrical release." Also according to the executive, "He's having trouble casting his new film."
Woody Allen issued a fresh statement of denial after Farrow appeared on the CBS Morning Show to renew her allegations.
"I never molested my daughter — as all investigations concluded a quarter of a century ago," Allen said. "When this claim was first made more than 25 years ago, it was thoroughly investigated by both the Child Sexual Abuse Clinic of the Yale-New Haven Hospital and New York State Child Welfare."
"They both did so for many months and independently concluded that no molestation had ever taken place. Instead, they found it likely a vulnerable child had been coached to tell the story by her angry mother during a contentious breakup."
He also accused the Farrow family of "cynically using the opportunity afforded by the Time's Up movement to repeat this discredited allegation."
Amazon Studios has been contacted for comment.
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