Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, July 7, 1995 TAG: 9507070029
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 9 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM WIRE REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
The Court of Appeals refused Wednesday to hear Allen's appeal of a lower court ruling that questioned his judgment as a father and awarded custody of Moses, Dylan and Satchel to their mother.
``We're pleased and not surprised,'' said Charles Stillman, Farrow's lawyer.
Allen's lawyer, Elkan Abramowitz, said he would try again to have the Court of Appeals hear the case.
The case stemmed from the fallout from Allen's affair with Farrow's adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn. Previn was 21 in 1992 when her mother discovered she was having sex with Allen.
Farrow, 50, accused Allen, 59, of sexually abusing 9-year-old Dylan. The director denied it and the claim has never been proven.
A guard foiled an attempt by Woody Harrelson's father to escape from the prison where he's serving life for assassinating a federal judge, authorities said.
Charles Harrelson, 56, and bank robbers Gary Settle, 29, and Michael Rivers, 56, used a makeshift rope to scale a wall at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. They surrendered Tuesday night after a warning shot was fired from the guard tower, a prison official said.
Harrelson was convicted of assassinating U.S. District Judge John H. Wood Jr. in Texas in 1979.
Woody Harrelson, best known as a bartender on TV's ``Cheers,'' also has starred in movies such as ``Natural Born Killers'' and ``Indecent Proposal.''
by CNB