Chronology of a Rift: How Dylan Farrow's Siblings Took Opposite Sides

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The foundation of the family fractured permanently in early 1992 when Mia Farrow found nude photographs of her adopted college-age daughter, Soon-Yi Previn, in Woody Allen’s Fifth Avenue apartment. Months later, on August 4, 1992, Allen visited Mia’s country residence in Bridgewater, Connecticut. During that visit, Dylan, then seven, reported being molested in the attic crawlspace.

The legal aftermath played out in a high-profile 1992 custody battle in New York Supreme Court. Justice Elliott Wilk oversaw months of graphic, combative testimony. While Connecticut State Police and local prosecutors looked into the case, state attorney Frank Maco ultimately declined to press criminal charges in 1993, citing a desire to spare Dylan the trauma of testifying. Justice Wilk, however, denied Allen custody of Dylan, Moses, and Satchel (later Ronan), ruling that Allen had acted with reckless disregard toward the children.

The house cleared out quickly. Relationships severed overnight. Soon-Yi severed ties with Mia entirely and married Allen in Venice in 1997. The remaining children were left to process the fallout under the blinding lights of global tabloid coverage.