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"A 20-year-old family feud has turned into a full-fledged nightmare. Just two days after Dylan Farrow penned a startling open letter alleging her father Woody Allen sexually abused her at age 7, the Oscar-winning director&amp;apos;s lawyer Alkan Abramowitz released a statement Monday, Feb. 3 saying the controversy was &amp;quot;engineered by a vengeful lover,&amp;quot; in what appears to be a dig at Mia Farrow.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;It is tragic that after 20 years a story engineered by a vengeful lover resurfaces,&amp;quot; Abramowitz told CNN Monday. &amp;quot;Even though it was fully vetted and rejected by independent authorities.&amp;quot;  Allen&amp;apos;s attorney added, &amp;quot;The one to blame for Dylan&amp;apos;s distress is neither Dylan nor Woody Allen.&amp;quot;\r\nThe story traces back to 1992 when it was revealed the acclaimed director was having an affair with Soon-Yi Previn -- the adopted daughter of Allen&amp;apos;s then-partner Mia Farrow. Accusations of Allen&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;inappropriate touching&amp;quot; of Dylan soon emerged in the nasty custody battle over Mia and Woody&amp;apos;s two children. The charges were later dropped.\r\n\r\nDylan&amp;apos;s essay, which was published by the New York Times Saturday, Feb. 1, recounted the alleged incident in horrific detail: &amp;quot;When I was seven years old, Woody Allen took me by the hand and led me into a dim, closet-like attic on the second floor of our house,&amp;quot; Dylan, now 28, wrote. &amp;quot;He told me to lay on my stomach and play with my brother&amp;#x2019;s electric train set. Then he sexually assaulted me.&amp;quot;\r\nTimes columnist Nick Kristof, who published her harrowing first person account on his blog, shared a full disclosure in his Sunday column: &amp;quot;I am a friend of her mother, Mia, and brother Ronan, and that&amp;#x2019;s how Dylan got in touch with me,&amp;quot; the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist revealed.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Dylan, Allen&amp;apos;s adopted daughter who is now married and living in Florida under a different name, tells me that she has been traumatized for more than two decades by what took place,&amp;quot; Kristof, the co-author of bestselling book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, added in his latest column. &amp;quot;Last year, she was belatedly diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. She says that when she heard of the Golden Globe award being given to Allen she curled up in a ball on her bed, crying hysterically.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAllen was recently nominated for another Oscar in the best original screenplay category for Blue Jasmine; the film also has Oscar nods for Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins as Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. As previously reported, two of the movie&amp;apos;s stars, Blanchett and Alec Baldwin, have already acknowledged Dylan&amp;apos;s letter.\r\nSince the story first broke, the director has denied the claims -- first in a 1992 interview calling them &amp;quot;unconscionable&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;insane&amp;quot; -- and again this past Sunday, Feb. 2. &amp;quot;Mr. Allen has read the article and found it untrue and disgraceful,&amp;quot; his rep told Us Weekly after the publication of Dylan&amp;apos;s essay. &amp;quot;He will be responding very soon.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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