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Aug 19, 2016 · Jean McGianni Celestin, a friend and collaborator of Birth of a Nation director Nate Parker, was also charged and convicted of raping a female classmate in 1999. The case resurfaced after the accuser committed suicide in 2012. Read the details of the trial, the accusations and the reactions from both sides.
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Aug 19, 2016 · Celestin, who was briefly convicted of sexual assault and remained on campus, said he was hounded by racist death threats. In 2012, the woman at the center of the case committed suicide .
Jean McGianni Celestin. Writer: The Birth of a Nation. Jean McGianni Celestin grew up in Miami, Florida, USA. He is a writer, known for The Birth of a Nation (2016), which won the Sundance Film Festival U.S. Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize in 2016.
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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 ...
Jean McGianni Celestin is the writer of the award-winning motion picture, The Birth of a Nation, winner of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Minor in History from Penn State University.
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Jean McGianni Celestin is the writer of the award-winning motion picture, The Birth of a Nation, winner of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
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 matter.
