Attorney Disputes Allen

An attorney representing Mia Farrow in her custody battle with Woody Allen disputed Allen’s version of events made in the director’s Tuesday press conference.

Allen called accusations that he sexually abused two of his children “totally false and outrageous” and alleged that Farrow’s attorneys offered to drop abuse accusations if he agreed to come up with $7 million. Connecticut state police have confirmed they are investigating Allen.

Attorney Alan Dershowitz said he was serving as a mediator in talks between Farrow and Allen about child support for the three children--an adoptive son and daughter and their natural son.

He said it was “absolutely untrue” that Allen was asked to pay $7 million to drop the abuse allegations. The figure of $7 million was discussed, he said, but it was “an attempt by both sides to come up with a figure that would reflect what had already been offered” in child support.

Dershowitz also disagreed with Allen’s chronology of events, saying that the investigation into suspicions he abused his 7-year-old adopted daughter was already under way before the meeting.

He also denied that his side made the abuse allegations public. However, a source familiar with the meeting said that Farrow’s attorneys threatened Allen’s.

“One of the things said during the so-called ‘mediation’ meeting was that ‘pressure would be applied in increments,’ ” the source said. “The events that followed were the revelations about Soon-Yi and the molestation charges. You can judge for yourself.”

It was only after the meeting, sources said, that Allen filed his custody suit.