This is not at all the case with Woody Allen, who has always protested his innocence and proven it with American justice.”
Hachette staff in the US subsequently staged a walkout at its New York offices over the memoir.
The move was quickly condemned by the author’s daughter Dylan Farrow, who has alleged that Allen sexually abused her as a child, allegations that Allen has denied.
Allen’s memoir, Apropos of Nothing, was acquired last week by Hachette in the US.