Who's in the news? Woody Allen

Director and actor Woody Allen has been dealt a kick in the teeth with allegations of child abuse and sexual assault coming to light again after years of denial.

Golden Globes lose luster

The allegations resurfaced after the Golden Globes when Woody Allen was presented with a life time achievement award and his son Ronan slamming the award via Twitter.

Letter revelations

The main allegations came from Dylan Farrow in an open letter to the New York Times where she claimed she was sexually assaulted multiple times when she was 7 years old.

Response to allegations

Woody Allen's lawyers and publicist soon stepped in denying the allegations. Woody Allen himself has since asked the New York Times to publish his response to the letter in an Op-Ed piece which is still under consideration.

Not only have family members had a say but so have other celebrities who had been mentioned in the letter with Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin both replying.

With award season under way the revelations were cannon fodder for comedians presenting at award shows.

Family Feud

Since the allegations resurfaced Dylan Farrow has reveled how the family has been split with sides being taken. Dylan's brother. Moses, has supposedly taken his fathers side denying the allegations while Mia Farrow has taken her daughters side.

A history of bizarre

Problems arise when you look into Woody Allen's past with his marriage to his ex partner, Mia Farrow's, adopted daughter, Soon Yi.

Looking further back to an interview with People magazine from 1976 Woody Allen talked about hypothetical orgy with 12-year-olds.