One of Woody Allen's adopted children, Moses Farrow, has explicitly offered his support to the embattled film-maker, saying in an interview with People magazine: "Of course Woody did not molest my sister."

Moses, 36, is one of two children Allen adopted with Mia Farrow – the other being Dylan, the subject of the child sex abuse allegations – and has now reacted to the letter Dylan published accusing Allen.

Speaking of Dylan and Allen, Farrow told People: "[Dylan] loved [Allen] and looked forward to seeing him when he would visit. She never hid from him until our mother succeeded in creating the atmosphere of fear and hate towards him." He says that on the day the abuse is alleged to have occurred there were several people present in the house the whole time and "no one, not my father or sister, was off in any private spaces". Dylan alleges the abuse took place in an attic.

He continued: "I don't know if my sister really believes she was molested or is trying to please her mother. Pleasing my mother was very powerful motivation because to be on her wrong side was horrible."

Moses Farrow's comments follow Allen's own response to Dylan's letter, which he called "untrue and disgraceful".

Moses Farrow, who is now estranged from Mia Farrow as well as her and Woody Allen's biological son Ronan, has previously spoken to Robert Weide, the documentary director who defended Allen at length on the Daily Beast website, saying that life at Mia Farrow's home in Frog Hollow, Connecticut amounted to "brainwashing".

Mia Farrow has always denied coaching her adopted daughter, and People magazine also quote Dylan Farrow's response to Moses: "My memories are the truth and they are mine and I will live with that for the rest of my life. [Mia] never planted false memories in my brain. My memories are mine. I remember them. She was distraught when I told her. When I came forward with my story she was hoping against hope that I had made it up."

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