Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, October 27, 1993 TAG: 9310270096
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-8 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NEW YORK LENGTH: Medium
"No credible evidence was found that the child named in this report has been abused or maltreated," said an Oct. 7 letter to Allen signed by David R. Peters, director of state operations.
The 57-year-old movie director was accused by longtime companion Mia Farrow of sexually molesting their adoptive daughter during an August 1992 weekend visit to Farrow's house in Bridgewater, Conn.
Last year, the couple split after 12 years when Farrow learned that Allen was having an affair with her oldest adoptive daughter, Soon-Yi Previn, 22.
Experts at Connecticut's Yale-New Haven Hospital concluded in March that the alleged abuse never happened. The New York inquiry began after Farrow took the child to a doctor there.
Farrow and her lawyer, Eleanor Alter, have said they still believe Dylan's statement that Allen touched the girl sexually.
Allen's lawyer, Elkan Abramowitz, said he was pleased the inquiry was dropped.
"I'm very happy they wrote this letter but I'm distressed that it took so long," he said.
"The fact of the matter is that these investigations themselves have been used as reasons not to permit visitation between him and his daughter," the lawyer said.
Earlier this year, Allen lost a bitter custody battle for the three children he and Farrow are parents of: Dylan; their adopted son, Moses; and their biological son, Satchel. In June, a judge awarded custody to Farrow and sharply limited Allen's right to visit the children. Allen was denied visitation with Dylan for at least six months.
by CNB