Woody Allen Files £52m Lawsuit Against Amazon Studios Over Refusal To Distribute His Film

According to a lawsuit filed by Allen earlier this week, Amazon breached their contract by refusing to distribute his film “without any legal basis for doing so”, suggesting they dropped the film because of a “25-year old, baseless allegation”, for which he is now seeking $83 million (£52 million) in damages.

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Woody Allen has always maintained his innocence, after his stepdaughter Dylan Farrow has repeatedly accused him of molesting her when she was a child.

In 1992, he was investigated over a claim that he had sexually assaulted her at the family’s Connecticut home, though prosecutors did not charge him over the allegations, which he claims had been fabricated by his former partner Mia Farrow.

Since the rise of the Me Too movement, a number of A Rainy Day In New York cast members have expressed their regret over being involved in the project.

Revealing he didn’t want to profit from the film, Timothée Chalamet split his fee between three charities, including the Time’s Up fund, to whom Selena Gomez also made a donation of $1 million (£772k), exceeding the money she was paid to appear in the film.