Ronan Farrow responds to brother’s essay on Mia’s alleged abuse

Ronan Farrow, the 30-year-old journalist son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, defended his mother and reiterated his belief in sister Dylan Farrow’s childhood abuse allegations against Allen, after his brother Moses penned a scathing personal essay earlier this week.

“Not worth saying much to dignify the repeated campaign to discredit my sister, often by attacking our mother,” Ronan Farrow wrote in a statement posted on social media on Thursday. “This happens every time Dylan speaks, so this is all I’ll offer: My mother did an extraordinary job raising us, and none of my siblings with whom I’ve spoken ever witnessed anything but love and care from a single mom who went through hell to keep her kids safe.”

He continued, “Our brother Moses said the same thing in statements dating back many years. After relentless legal scrutiny of my mother’s parenting—and efforts to discredit her—she was granted sole custody to protect us from Woody Allen. We all grew up with offers from him to speak out against our mother in exchange for support. (He made helping to pay for my college education contingent on turning against her and lying. I declined.) … I believe my sister.”

Moses, who was adopted by Mia from South Korea when he was 2 years old, claimed in an essay on Wednesday that he witnessed his mom physically abuse his siblings, including Allen’s now-wife, Soon-Yi Previn. Moses also defended Allen against 32-year-old Dylan’s claims that she was sexually abused as a child.

Allen has vehemently denied the abuse allegations. A rep for Mia Farrow did not immediately return our request for comment when asked about Moses’ accusations.

Moses, now 40, writes in the essay that he witnessed Mia coaching Dylan on what to say and that previously denouncing Allen “remains the biggest regret of my life.”

On Wednesday afternoon, Dylan responded to Moses’ essay, writing on social media, “My brother is a troubled person. I’m so sorry he’s doing this.”

Earlier this year, Ronan won a Pulitzer Prize for his exposé on Harvey Weinstein in the New Yorker.