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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 apartment...
- A Troubled Youth
- Video: Inside Nate Parker’s 1999 Rape Trial
- Channeling The Rage
- The Trial
- A New Calling
- Welcome to Hollywood
- Personal Life
A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Parker was born on Nov. 18, 1979 to a mother – Carolyn – who was only 17 when she had him. Carolyn never married his biological father, instead tying the knot with the man who would give Parker his last name, according to a 2007 profile of the actor in The Virginian-Pilot. By the time Parker entered middle school, the...
Parker began to take out his frustrations on classmates, starting fights on the playground during the day before returning home to clash with his stepdad at night. “I didn’t want anyone taking my father’s place,” said, according to the Pilot. Carolyn told the paper she had trouble keeping her son in check. “Whatever the rules were – and my husband ...
Parker moved in with his uncle at 14. Combs, a former high school wrestler, believed the sport kept him out of trouble as a kid, and figured it might have the same effect on his nephew. “I thought it would be a way he could channel his anger and release it without getting in trouble,” he told the Pilot. Parker began wrestling at Princeton Anne High...
In October of 1999, Carolyn received a scared phone call from her son. “Mama, some stuff that’s going to come out in the papers is really going to hurt you,” she told the Pilotshe remembers him saying. “I want you to know from my soul, I swear to you it’s not true.” It was the beginning of his sophomore year when he and Celestin, a friend from the ...
Parker transferred to the University of Oklahoma after the rape trial, and graduated with honors, earning a degree in management science and information systems. After school, Parker began designing websites, later describing the work to the Pilotas “good money, but not exactly thrilling.” He added, “I didn’t feel like it was my calling.” His true ...
Parker found refuge on another aspiring actor’s couch and began grinding his way to stardom. Simmons hooked Parker up with an acting coach, and before long commercial spots gave way to television spots, which slowly turned into bit parts in small movies. His biggest role up to that point came in 2007’s Pride starring Terrence Howard, and a year lat...
Parker is now a father of five, having recently welcomed his fourth daughter with wife DiSanto. His eldest, also a daughter, is from a previous relationship. “My father passed away when I was very young so I was head of household for a very long time,” he told PEOPLE in February. “Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids ...
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 17, 2016 · As Nate Parker’s Nat Turner film The Birth of a Nation nears its Oct. 7 release date, rape allegations made against Parker and writer Jean Celestin 17 years ago have resurfaced in the press.
Aug 16, 2016 · The 18-year-old accused both Parker and his college roommate, Jean Celestin, of raping her while she was unconscious at Parker’s off-campus apartment on August 21, 1999.
Aug 12, 2016 · Celestin was acquitted of the rape charge but convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to between six and 12 months in jail by Judge Thomas Kistler.
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Aug 17, 2016 · Parker and Jean McGianni Celestin, his college roommate and wrestling teammate, were charged with raping a young woman (referred to as Jane Doe), a Penn State freshman who alleged that she...
