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What happened after Nate Parker’s film career imploded. The ‘Birth of a Nation’ star and director has been mostly out of the public eye since 2016, when a rape charge from his college days...
Aug 16, 2016 · The Daily Beast delves into Birth of a Nation filmmaker Nate Parker’s college rape trial—and speaks to the family of the alleged victim, who committed suicide a decade later.
- 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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Nov 13, 2022 · In 1999, actor Nate Parker ( Red Tails, The Birth of a Nation) was accused of raping an 18-year-old freshman as a student at Pennsylvania State University while she was allegedly intoxicated...
Aug 27, 2016 · NEW YORK (AP) — Nate Parker, the actor-director dealing with a 17-year-old rape case casting a storm over his new film and career, opened up about the incident in a new interview. Parker spoke about understanding his male privilege and the definition of consent in a lengthy interview Friday with Ebony magazine in Los Angeles.
Aug 16, 2016 · The woman at the center of the sexual assault case shadowing The Birth of a Nation director-writer-star Nate Parker is dead, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Aug 16, 2016 · The woman who accused “ The Birth of a Nation ” director and star Nate Parker of raping her while they were both Penn State students died in 2012 at age 30, according to family members and...
