Shadows And Fog

In the fight between Woody and Mia, a child-abuse report settles nothing

THE WOODY ALLEN-MIA FARROW CUSTODY BATTLE has been compared to the director's films. But movies have resolutions; the Woody-Mia affair is only a confusing series of scenes. Last week child-abuse investigators at Yale-New Haven Hospital, enlisted by Connecticut state prosecutors, presented their findings on Farrow's allegations that Allen molested their seven-year-old daughter Dylan. Allen (who is dating Farrow's daughter Soon-Yi Previn) claimed the investigation found "no sexual abuse took place." Farrow's lawyer took issue with the unreleased report, contending that the conclusions were "incomplete and inaccurate." In a statement, state's attorney Frank Maco called Farrow's actions those of a "concerned mother"...

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