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In August 2016, media attention surrounding the film resurfaced 1999 alleged rape charges against Nate Parker and co-writer Jean McGianni Celestin. While students at Pennsylvania State University , Parker and Celestin were accused of raping a female student. [ 27 ]
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 ...
Sep 30, 2016 · His black teammate Jean McGianni Celestin, who received a writing credit on the film, was convicted of sexual assault in the case. The verdict was overturned and prosecutors later dropped...
- 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 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 19, 2016 · Jean McGianni Celestin, Parker’s longtime friend, wrestling teammate at Penn State and collaborator on Birth of a Nation, was also charged. Celestin was sentenced to six to 12 months in...
Aug 16, 2016 · His college roommate, Jean McGianni Celestin, who received a credit on the movie, was also charged.
