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Aug 16, 2016 · Parker and Jean McGianni Celestin, who shares a story writing credit, were accused of rape while roommates at Penn State in 1999. Parker was acquitted, while Celestin was initially convicted,...
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- Birth of a Nation's Nate Parker Speaks Out About Rape Charge While He Was at Penn State
Nate Parker and Jean McGianni Celestin, who shares a story...
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- The Accuser’S Testimony
- Parker’s Statements
- Video: Nate Parker Addresses College Rape Case
- The Phone Calls
- Allegations of Harassment
The alleged victim’s account was detailed in her courtroom testimony, a transcript of which was obtained and published by Deadline. A couple of weeks before the end of her freshman summer session at Penn State, she describes meeting the older Parker and finding him “attractive.” They exchanged phone numbers, and when she returned home for a period ...
Parker and Celestin tell a very different version of the events. According to Parker’s police statement obtained by Deadline, the sex was consensual and his “ordeal” began on Oct. 13, 1999, when the accuser called him “out of the blue” claiming to be pregnant. During the phone conversation, the accuser falsely claimed to be pregnant, which she late...
During the phone call, Parker said in his testimony, he told the woman “she didn’t drink around me and sure didn’t seem drunk that night.” Parker also addressed a moment in the conversation (corroborated by the transcripts), in which the accuser asked for an apology from Celestin so she “could move on.” Parker remembered he told the accuser that “J...
Parker and the accuser exchange their recollections of the night during the taped phone calls, which were entered as exhibit in court. After prefacing the call under the false pretense of a pregnancy, the accuser began to ask Parker to fill in details from the night. When she asked how Celestin became involved in the sex, Parker replied that his ro...
After Parker was acquitted and Celestin won a new trial on appeal, the accuser filed a civil suit against Penn State for the school’s alleged “inadequate response to the sexual harassment [the alleged victim] experienced as a result of being raped by two male Penn State students,” according to the lawsuitobtained by Deadline. In the lawsuit, her re...
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Aug 12, 2016 · Memories of 17-year-old rape charges waged against both Parker and Jean McGianni Celestin (who shares co-story credit with Parker) while they were roommates at Penn State in 1999 left Fox ...
Aug 16, 2016 · In 1999, Parker, a student and wrestler at Penn State, and his roommate Jean Celestin (the co-writer of “The Birth of a Nation”) were charged with raping the 18-year old female in their...
Aug 17, 2016 · The alleged rape occurred on the night of Aug. 21, 1999, when Nate Parker, Jean Celestin, Tamerlane Kangas and the woman who accused them returned to Parker and Celestine’s apartment after a...
Aug 23, 2016 · Mr. Celestin, who received a “story by” credit on “The Birth of a Nation,” was convicted of sexual assault, but his case was appealed. There are conflicting accounts about the outcome.
Aug 19, 2016 · She claimed she had never met Celestin before the night of the alleged sexual assault, but told the court she did see Parker and Celestin a week after the rape “propping up a drunk girl walking...
