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Woody Allen finally responded to recent allegations of child molestation.

On Friday afternoon the 78-year-old director and occasional actor published a lengthy essay in The New York Times.

Amongst other things, it details exactly what happened so many years ago. Well, what he says happened at least.

Unsurprisingly, his version of past events attempts to absolve him of any and all wrongdoing — Woody flatly denies ever molesting his daughter Dylan Farrow.

He says in the open-letter's final paragraph:

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Looks like Barbara Walters isn't the only one with Woody Allen's back!

Piers Morgan interviewed the 78-year-old filmmaker's ex-girlfriend Stacey Nelkin on Monday night's show and, believe it or not, she RUSHED to his defense. She passionately believes, apparently, that the Crimes & Misdemeanors director is incapable of molesting children and that Mia Farrow is merely a "woman scorned."

Stacey also claimed that she and Woody started dating while she was 17 and he was 42.

For those without calculators, that's a 25 year age difference!

Uuhh, doesn't that also mean they got together when she was a minor? We aren't sure this revelation is going to garner the A-list auteur any additional support.

Ch-ch-check out Stacey's defense of the director for yourself…AFTER THE JUMP!!!

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Oooooh!! Is that some shade we smell?!?!

Even though Cate Blanchett released a pretty polite statement the other day about Woody Allen's molestation drama, but it seems like she's definitely picked sides now!

The fashion-forward actress was at the Santa Barbara Film Festival accepting an award for her work in Blue Jasmine and during her acceptance speech she thanked pretty much everyone involved with the film.

…Except Woody!

YIKES!!

And when we say everyone, we mean like EVERYONE except maybe the extras…and her director!

Cate definitely thanked him when she accepted her award at the SAGs AND when she accepted her statue during the Critics' Choice Awards so this has GOT to be a sign!

We guess even though she didn't want to "officially" choose Dylan Farrow over Woody, she "unofficially" did by throwing her shade at the director!

You go, gurl!

Ch-ch-check out Cate's whole speech & dismissal of Woody…AFTER THE JUMP!!!

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This momma bear has her daughter's back all day, everyday.

Dylan Farrow bravely opened up about molestation claims in regard to Woody Allen, and she's got all her mother's support as Mia Farrow is speaking out to be there for her.

She recently took to Twitter to address the matter:

I love my daughter. I will always protect her. A lot of ugliness is going to be aimed at me. But this is not about me, it's about her truth.

— mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) February 4, 2014

But this certainly isn't the first time she was there for Dylan after she came forward with these painful claims.

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WOW! We didn't think this would happen!

After Dylan Farrow penned an emotional open letter about the alleged molestation she suffered at the hands of her (then) step-father Woody Allen, it seems that it's all anyone can talk about!

While she's received a fair share of support from A LOT of people, Barbara Walters is not one of them!

On The View, the ladies were discussing the letter and Babs actually DEFENDED Woody, even going so far as to say that it's unfair to criticize Woody now!!

What the WHAT?!?!

Sherri Shepard spoke about the whole situation and had said something that Babs didn't really like.

She said:

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Woody Allen has certainly been at the center of a lot of controversy in his life.

But this latest claim has to be one of the most shocking and difficult matters.

Dylan Farrow came forward in an open letter to Hollywood and the world to accuse Woody of molestation when she was a child. But this wasn't the first time she made these claims.

As a child, Dylan did address the matter with her mother and that turned into an investigation. However, that investigation and prosecution of the crime came to an end because of a very controversial move by state's attorney Frank S. Maco.

While he claimed there was "probable cause" to prosecute Woody, he ended up dropping the case because Dylan seemed too "fragile" to handle the court case:

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This is just such a horrible and difficult situation.

We're not even sure how those questioned in Dylan Farrow's open letter about Woody Allen's alleged molestation of her should react, but Cate Blanchett is trying to address it.

The actress, who has been nominated and been winning this awards season for her work in the Woody film Blue Jasmine, was questioned in Dylan's letter along with a number of other Hollywood stars who have worked quite a bit with Woody in the past.

And now, Cate has stepped up to react to the terrible and heartbreaking letter. She said:

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