Woody Allen, acclaimed director/accused child molester (the terms seem to be connected with disheartening frequency as of late) has somehow dodged the wave of scrutiny triggered by the “Me Too” and “Times Up” revolutions of late.

His escape, unscathed, from allegations of molestation may be related to the sickening expiration date placed on former stepdaughter Dylan Farrow’s testimony, dating back to the far-off year of 1992. The over 25 years passed since the case have swaddled Allen away from harsh scandal; the goldfish like attention span of popular culture quietly erasing the atrocious allegations from public memory.

In fact, by some combination of media manipulation and hush money, Allen has far from suffered from what would usually be at least mildly defamatory criticism.

Between 1992 and now, he has created his most lucrative films to date; “Match Point”, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”, “Blue Jasmine”, and “Midnight in Paris” all feature A-List celebrities and have accrued millions in profit, as well as the latter winning Allen himself the Academy Award for Best Screenplay.

Time has been less gracious to his accuser, Dylan Farrow, who has been silenced and disparaged in the press for two decades; repeating her unchanging story of abuse for all who would listen, the audience as receptive as a brick wall.

Defenders of Allen cite the “confusion” involved in the case, writing off a 7-year-old child’s testimony against her abuser as a false manipulation, created by a bitter Mia Farrow in order to ensure custody during an ugly divorce. It’s been deemed a messy family matter, too complicated to understand in simple terms.

Truly, the issue is only complicated if one chooses to ignore the wealth of knowledge available online, choosing to remain in complicit ignorance about the facts of the case, which are easily accessible public record. Read thoroughly, the truth of the matter is sadly simple.

In 1992, Allen visited his children at Mia Farrow’s home while she was out shopping. A babysitter for the family told Mia the next day that she had seen Allen kneel on the floor with Dylan (then aged 7), with his face in her lap. She was not wearing underwear.

That same day, Dylan told Mia that Allen had touched her inappropriately while upstairs in the attic, which was then repeated to Dylan’s pediatrician, who then reported this to the authorities. Dylan’s testimony has remained consistent throughout the 25 years of scrutiny. The police asked the Child Sexual Abuse Clinic of Yale–New Haven Hospital to investigate, led by John Leventhal.

This team’s infamous findings, blatantly touted by Allen as the ultimate defense, blamed Mia Farrow for manipulating Dylan into telling a false story of abuse. Her name was dragged through the muck, citing her as a despicable woman that would stoop so low as to make up claims of child abuse in retribution for a bitter divorce/cheating scandal.

What Allen is less quick to mention is the fact that Leventhal’s testimony was dismissed as unreliable by both the judge presiding over the case, as well as by the prosecutor who initially commissioned the report. This is most likely because Leventhal never personally interviewed Dylan, no one on the team was actually a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist, and all of the team’s notes for the report were suspiciously destroyed.

Ultimately, the presiding Judge Wilk determined “no credible evidence to support Mr. Allen’s contention that Ms. Farrow coached Dylan or that Ms. Farrow acted upon a desire for revenge against him for seducing Soon-Yi.”

Other facts, detailed intensely in Judge Wilks 33-page decision, are again, less palatable to Allen’s narrative, and thus remain less talked about.

The added note by Judge Wilk that Allen’s behavior towards Dylan was: ““grossly inappropriate and that measures must be taken to protect her.” That at the time of the incident, Allen was already undergoing therapy for “alleged inappropriate behavior towards Dylan”, which had begun prior to any allegations of abuse.

The idea of comprehending the very serious issue of as “too complicated” or “too old” for further research and investigation shows a disgusting lack of empathy towards child victims of sexual abuse; a selfish drive to choose the easy way out and bury Dylan’s cries under Allen’s accolades.

If there is ever any progress to be made in weeding out the entertainment industry’s sexual predators, so called activists/supporters cannot pick and choose who to persecute.