Mia Farrow says Woody Allen's photos of daughter Soon-Yi were so explicit only Huster would run them

Mia Farrow said the ‘pornographic’ photos of her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn that she found in then-boyfriend Woody Allen’s Manhattan apartment were so explicit that only Hustler magazine would agree to publish them.

The Rosemary’s Baby actress, 76, also revealed that she regards her 12-year marriage to Allen as ‘the great regret of my life.’

Farrow’s remarks aired on Sunday in the premiere episode of the four-part HBO docu series Allen v. Farrow, which takes an in-depth look at allegations that the Annie Hall director, 85, sexually abused his daughter, Dylan.

Allen has vehemently denied any wrongdoing. Authorities in Connecticut and New York looked into the claims and decided not to prosecute Allen.

Mia Farrow, 76, is seen above during interview with HBO as part of a four-part docu series Allen v. Farrow. The premier episode aired on Sunday

Mia Farrow, 76, is seen above during interview with HBO as part of a four-part docu series Allen v. Farrow. The premier episode aired on Sunday

Farrow recalls her shock at discovering 'pornographic' photos of her adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn (seen right) taken by her then-boyfriend, Woody Allen (left). Farrow found the photos in Allen's New York City apartment in January 1992, according to the documentary

Farrow recalls her shock at discovering ‘pornographic’ photos of her adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn (seen right) taken by her then-boyfriend, Woody Allen (left). Farrow found the photos in Allen’s New York City apartment in January 1992, according to the documentary

takes an in-depth look at allegations that the Annie Hall director, 85, sexually abused his daughter, Dylan Farrow (seen above in home video footage obtained by HBO)

takes an in-depth look at allegations that the Annie Hall director, 85, sexually abused his daughter, Dylan Farrow (seen above in home video footage obtained by HBO)

In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, a representative for Allen and his wife, Soon-Yi, denounced the docu series as a ‘hatchet job’ that was ‘riddled with falsehoods.’ 

The couple also suggest HBO’s business dealings with Ronan Farrow are proof that the documentary is biased in his favor. Allen declined to be interviewed for the film, though excerpts from his 2020 memoir are cited as a contrast to the allegations.

‘These documentarians had no interest in the truth,’ the statement read. 

‘Instead, they spent years surreptitiously collaborating with the Farrows and their enablers to put together a hatchet job riddled with falsehoods. 

‘Woody and Soon-Yi were approached less than two months ago and given only a matter of days “to respond.” 

‘Of course, they declined to do so.

‘As has been known for decades, these allegations are categorically false. 

‘Multiple agencies investigated them at the time and found that, whatever Dylan Farrow may have been led to believe, absolutely no abuse had ever taken place. 

‘It is sadly unsurprising that the network to air this is HBO – which has a standing production deal and business relationship with Ronan Farrow. 

‘While this shoddy hit piece may gain attention, it does not change the facts.’

The explosive documentary by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering includes interviews and never-before-seen footage of the family in the years leading up to the couple’s acrimonious split and the famed director’s marriage to Farrow’s adopted daughter.

‘I remember struggling to breathe,’ Farrow said, recalling her reaction after she found a stack of polaroid photos of Previn, who was a 21-year-old college student at the time, inside Allen’s New York City apartment on January 13, 1992.

Allen was 56 years old when he acknowledged having an affair with Soon-Yi. 

‘It was my own child,’ Farrow said of her reaction to seeing the pictures.

After discovering the photos, Farrow said that she was trying to ‘do the buttons’ of the coat that she was trying to put on her four-year-old son, Ronan, but was so emotionally distraught that she struggled.

Farrow said she took the photos and put them in her pocket and left Allen’s apartment.

‘I don’t think I could push the elevator button,’ she recalled. ‘I was just like shaking.’

Farrow said that she went back to her apartment with Ronan. She then saw Soon-Yi at home.

‘I found the pictures,’ Farrow recalled telling Soon-Yi.

‘What pictures?’ Soon-Yi is said to have responded to Farrow.

‘The pictures that Woody took,’ Farrow said she replied.

Farrow said that they both broke down in tears. She tried to reassure her adopted daughter that it wasn’t her fault, according to the documentary.

‘She was just beside herself,’ Farrow said of Soon-Yi.

A friend of Farrow interviewed in the documentary said that the actress was ‘forgiving’ of Soon-Yi because she felt that she was so young she would have ‘no idea how to resist [Allen’s] overtures.’

Soon afterward, Allen arrived at the apartment.

‘Get out, get out!’ Farrow recalled telling her boyfriend. ‘You gotta get out.’

Farrow said Allen was at the apartment for four hours ‘just talking and talking and talking.’

‘I’m in love with Soon-Yi,’ Farrow recalled Allen telling her. ‘I would marry her.’

Then Farrow said that her boyfriend told her: ‘No, I just said that. It was something I thought of in the car. I thought it would make it better if I said…put it that way.

‘No, I love you.’

Farrow said: ‘It was all of that for four hours.’

Allen is said to have told his wife: ‘I just made a mistake. I lost control.’

‘I didn’t know what to think,’ Farrow said. ‘I just needed him to get out.’

Dylan, who was six years old at the time, said that when she came home that day she saw her mother crying while standing in the doorway of Soon-Yi’s bedroom while Soon-Yi was on the floor also in tears.

Mia said that she consulted a therapist who coached her on how to tell her two young children what had taken place.

‘I remember my mom told me and Ronan: “Daddy took naked pictures of Soon-Yi”,’ Dylan said.

‘That was sort of the first instance that I thought, “Oh, it’s not just me”.’ 

source: dailymail.co.uk