Jeffrey Epstein ‘used’ friend Woody Allen in scouting for young women

Of course, Allen is no stranger to salacious scandals, as he is married to his adopted daughter Previn.

The 90-year-old filmmaker, who married Previn in 1997 after his divorce from actress Mia Farrow, said the public would have judged him just as harshly if he had left Farrow for a “flight attendant.”

The director’s relationship with Previn, now 54, became public in 1992 when Farrow discovered nude photos of her daughter in Allen’s New York apartment. Previn was 21 at the time, 35 years younger than Allen.

The relationship, coupled with longstanding allegations that he abused their adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow when she was seven, left his career hanging by a thread for years.

Prosecutors in Connecticut investigated the charges against Farrow in 1993 but declined to file charges. An insider summed up Allen’s friendship with Epstein as ill-advised.

“People may have looked the other way in the 1990s, but in today’s climate, defending Jeffrey Epstein while joking about marrying your ex’s daughter is beyond tone-deaf. Woody may try to reframe it, but the outrage won’t go away,” the source noted.