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Posted: 2017-12-08T16:21:25Z | Updated: 2017-12-08T19:21:38Z

Dylan Farrow, whose brother Ronan helped expose predatory men in Hollywood , is asking why the man she accuses of sexual assault, Woody Allen , has largely been left out of the conversation.

In an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times published on Thursday, Farrow calls out actresses Blake Lively, Kate Winslet and Greta Gerwig for continuing to support Allen, her adoptive father.

Allen, an acclaimed filmmaker, has long denied the allegation, which Farrow first made publicly in 2014, and has continued to make movies, recently securing a multimillion-dollar deal with Amazon for his future projects. Although she is the only person to accuse Allen of sexual assault, Farrow draws comparisons with men like producer Harvey Weinstein, whove been banished from the industry following allegations of sexual misconduct.

It is a testament to Allens public relations team and his lawyers that few know these simple facts, Farrow wrote. It also speaks to the forces that have historically protected men like Allen: the money and power deployed to make the simple complicated, to massage the story.

She added: In this deliberately created fog, A-list actors agree to appear in Allens films and journalists tend to avoid the subject.

Winslet has come under fire during her press tour for Wonder Wheel, Allens latest film. In a series of increasingly troubling interviews, she praised the directors ability to understand the female characters he creates and defended working with him despite the allegations.