Woody Allen held hands with his third wife Soon-Yi Previn as the enjoyed a date night at Italian restaurant Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, CA on Saturday.
At 89, the disgraced director is 35 years older than the special education expert, who was adopted from Korea by his longtime ex-partner Mia Farrow and her second ex-husband André Previn back in 1978.
Woody (born Allan Konigsberg) and Soon-Yi (born Oh Soon-hee) have been married for 27 years, and they’re proud parents of adopted daughters Bechet Allen and Manzie Tio Allen.
26-year-old Bechet works as an assistant to Gagosian Gallery curator Michael Cary, and 25-year-old Manzie works as an assistant to Emily in Paris showrunner Darren Star.
Between 2014-2015, Allen and Previn reportedly used to enjoy monthly dinners with the late Jeffrey Epstein, whose name is still dominating headlines over the Trump administration’s refusal to reveal his list of clients.
‘Woody and Soon-Yi lived in the same neighborhood as Epstein and were frequently invited to dinner parties at his townhouse,’ a spokeswoman for the couple told the Wall Street Journal in 2023.
Woody Allen held hands with his third wife Soon-Yi Previn as the enjoyed a date night at Italian restaurant Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, CA on Saturday
At 89, the disgraced director is 35 years older than the special education expert, who was adopted from Korea by his longtime ex-partner Mia Farrow and her second ex-husband André Previn back in 1978
‘There were always other guests at those gatherings. Woody never had a business meeting with Epstein and not once spent time with him without Soon-Yi also being present.’
Chelsea Handler happened to be a guest at one of those dinners with Woody, Soon-Yi, and the convicted pedophile at his Upper East Side townhouse where she famously asked the couple ‘So how did you two meet?’
‘There’s no chance that I as myself am going to sit across from the table from him and his daughter wife and not tell him what I think…just on behalf of women everywhere. I will not never be silent,’ the 50-year-old comedian recalled on Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out podcast on July 14.
‘I was there to make sure he knew and everyone at the table knew how I felt
before I left. like, “Don’t think I’m okay. I’m not okay with this.”‘
Previn never considered Allen a father figure despite the 80-year-old Rosemary’s Baby alum dating him for 12 years spanning 1980-1992 until Mia discovered nude Polaroids of her then 21-year-old daughter at his home.
Seven months later, Farrow publicly accused the Bronx-born filmmaker of molesting her seven-year-old adopted daughter Dylan Farrow.
Woody – who was never charged or prosecuted – quickly sued the Roommate thespian for full custody of their son Satchel (now Ronan) and her adopted children Dylan and Moses.
In his 33-page decision in 1993, Justice Elliott Wilk rejected Allen’s bid for custody of all three of their children and called his behavior toward Dylan ‘grossly inappropriate’ while also rejecting the sexual abuse allegations.
And while 40-year-old Dylan stands by the allegations, her 47-year-old brother Moses publicly denied she was ever abused and alleged Mia had abused him in a 2018 WordPress post.
Woody (born Allan Konigsberg) and Soon-Yi (born Oh Soon-hee) have been married for 27 years, and they’re proud parents of adopted daughters Bechet Allen and Manzie Tio Allen (pictured in 2023)
26-year-old Bechet works as an assistant to Gagosian Gallery curator Michael Cary, and 25-year-old Manzie works as an assistant to Emily in Paris showrunner Darren Star
Between 2014-2015, Allen and Previn reportedly used to enjoy monthly dinners with the late Jeffrey Epstein (L, pictured in 2013), whose name is still dominating headlines over the Trump administration’s refusal to reveal his client list
Chelsea Handler happened to be a guest at one of those dinners with Woody, Soon-Yi, and the convicted pedophile at his Upper East Side townhouse where she famously asked the couple ‘So how did you two meet?’
The 50-year-old comedian told the Working It Out podcast on July 14: ‘There’s no chance that I as myself am going to sit across from the table from him and his daughter wife and not tell him what I think…just on behalf of women everywhere. I will not never be silent’
Previn (3-R, pictured in 1990) never considered Allen a father figure despite the 80-year-old Rosemary’s Baby alum (R) dating him for 12 years spanning 1980-1992 until Mia discovered nude Polaroids of her then 21-year-old daughter at his home
Seven months later, Farrow publicly accused the Bronx-born filmmaker of molesting her seven-year-old adopted daughter Dylan Farrow, which he denied
Allen’s last American movie – A Rainy Day in New York – coincided with the #MeToo movement in 2019 and cast members Rebecca Hall (L), Elle Fanning (M), Selena Gomez, Timothée Chalamet, and Griffin Newman donated their salaries to support sexual assault organizations
The four-time Oscar winner’s last film, the French-language Coup de Chance, was critically-acclaimed and earned $7.8M at the box office in 2023
The four-time Oscar winner’s last American movie – A Rainy Day in New York – coincided with the #MeToo movement in 2019 and cast members Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez, Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Hall, and Griffin Newman donated their salaries to support sexual assault organizations.
Some of Woody’s outspoken supporters have included Sean Penn, Diane Keaton, Scarlett Johansson, Alec Baldwin, Cherry Jones, Bill Maher, Jude Law, Javier Bardem, Cate Blanchett, Gina Gershon, Jim Belushi, Juno Temple, Michael Caine, and Jeff Goldblum.
Kate Winslet, Drew Barrymore, Evan Rachel Wood, David Krumholtz, Greta Gerwig, Mira Sorvino, Rachel Brosnahan, Jeff Daniels, Peter Sarsgaard, Natalie Portman, Colin Firth, Hayley Atwell, Freida Pinto, Chloe Sevigny, and Marion Cotillard have said they won’t work with Allen again.
Woody’s last film, the French-language Coup de Chance, was critically-acclaimed and earned $7.8M at the box office in 2023.
Allen produced and narrated Spanish directing duo Xosé Zapata and Lorenzo Degl’Innocenti’s Bobby Fischer-inspired animated short film Mr. Fischer’s Chair, which will reportedly be released next month.
