Hachette’s announcement came after Allen’s son Ronan Farrow, who is extremely critical of his father, denounced the book group over Apropos of Nothing, originally scheduled to hit shelves next month. Allegations that Allen molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow when she was seven years old in the early 1990s have dogged the Oscar-winning filmmaker for decades. Ronan has long defended Dylan, who renewed her accusations against Allen in the wake of the #MeToo movement in early 2018. On Thursday, dozens of employees company employees in New York staged a walkout in protest at the decision to publish the memoir. “We stand in solidarity with Ronan Farrow, Dylan Farrow, and survivors of sexual assault,” the employees said in an email, Publishers Weekly reported.

Source: The Express Tribune March 08, 2020 08:26 UTC