Nate Parker broke his silence on Saturday over two weeks after Variety and Deadline published interviews in which he addressed being charged — along with his “Birth of a Nation” co-writer Jean Celestin — with raping a 18-year-old female student while attending Penn State in 1999.
In the new interview, published by Ebony, Parker says that his original comments came from a “standpoint of ignorance.” He also said that he did not know at the time that the woman who accused him of rape had died by committing suicide in 2012.
“I was acting as if I was the victim, and that’s wrong,” he said. “I was acting as if I was the victim because I felt like, my only thought was I’m innocent and everyone needs to know. I didn’t even think for a second about her, not even for a second.”
The interviewer had commented earlier that Parker could...
In the new interview, published by Ebony, Parker says that his original comments came from a “standpoint of ignorance.” He also said that he did not know at the time that the woman who accused him of rape had died by committing suicide in 2012.
“I was acting as if I was the victim, and that’s wrong,” he said. “I was acting as if I was the victim because I felt like, my only thought was I’m innocent and everyone needs to know. I didn’t even think for a second about her, not even for a second.”
The interviewer had commented earlier that Parker could...
- 8/27/2016
- by Seth Kelley
- Variety - Film News
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