New Details Emerge About 'Birth Of A Nation' Director Nate Parker's College Rape Allegations

A new transcript of a phone call between Nate Parker and a rape victim has surfaced online, directing increased attention to the actor’s past as a student at Penn State. 

In 1999, a then 19-year-old Parker and his roommate, Jean Celestin, were accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old fellow student in their apartment after a night of drinking. Parker was later cleared of the charges on the grounds that he and the victim had previously engaged in consensual sex. Celestin was sentenced to six months in prison, but was granted a mistrial during his appeal because the victim didn’t want to testify again.