Several of Nate Parker's Penn State classmates released a statement regarding the decades-old rape case.
On Friday, he was asked by TMZ while in his car, about the 17-year-old rape case against the lauded actor and director.
Back in 1999, Parker and his roommate Jean McGianni Celestin were accused of raping and intimidating a girl.
The controversy ramped up last week when Parker was asked about a 1999 rape charge involving him and Jean Celestin, his college roommate and 'Birth of A Nation' collaborator, while they were students at Penn State University.
"Seventeen years ago, I experienced a very painful moment in my life,” Parker told Variety.
"Seventeen years ago, I experienced a very painful moment in my life,” Parker told Variety.
Nate Parker happily welcomed his fourth daughter with wife, Sarah DiSanto.
The director caught up with us on the BET Awards red carpet to dish on the highly anticipated film and why it's not a traditional movie about African-Americans.
Paramount and Netflix dropped out of an overnight bidding war that ended with the historically large offer from Fox Searchlight.
