Director Woody Allen will publish his memoirs on April 7, "About Us Nothing". Her son Ronan Farrow violently criticized this publication and announced that he was leaving the Hachette group, not wishing to share the same publishing house. The American director is accused of sexual abuse by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow.

Ronan Farrow, son of Woody Allen, strongly criticized Tuesday the announcement of the upcoming publication of the memoirs of the American director, announcing that he did not want to share the same publishing house as him and therefore would leave the group Hachette. "Hachette has not checked the contents of this book," said Woody Allen's son, who has long distanced himself from his father. Ronan Farrow argued that the publisher had not contacted his sister Dylan to compare his version with that of his adoptive father, Woody Allen, which is, for him, "a crazy lack of professionalism".

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Since the #MeToo movement started in October 2017, Woody Allen has been caught up in charges of sexual abuse launched in 1992 by his 7-year-old adopted daughter Dylan Farrow. "This shows a lack of ethics and compassion for victims of sexual assault," said Ronan Farrow.

Briefs published on April 7

The publisher Grand Central Publishing, a subsidiary of Hachette, announced Monday, to everyone's surprise, that it had acquired the rights to the memoirs of the New York director and their upcoming publication on April 7. According to the publisher, A propos of Nothing is "a comprehensive account of Woody Allen's life, both personal and professional," as described by Grand Central Publishing.

After two separate, multi-month investigations in the 1990s, the Connecticut attorney in charge of the case decided not to charge the director. He had nonetheless publicly stated that he still suspected Woody Allen but had given up to save Dylan from the trauma of a show trial. Supported by his adoptive mother Mia Farrow and his brother Ronan, Dylan Farrow renewed his accusations in early 2018, which Woody Allen has always refuted.

Ronan Farrow published his second book, "Catch and Kill" in October, which recounts the underside of his investigative work to uncover accusations of harassment and sexual assault against producer Harvey Weinstein. A successful publication, the book is published by Little, Brown and Company, a Hachette subsidiary and translated into French by Calman-Levy under the title Les Faire Taire . Contacted, Grand Central Publishing and Hachette Book Group did not act immediately