In the latest twist in the saga involving the director and star of The Birth Of A Nation, the head of the Women’s Law Project has called for an overhaul in sexual assault laws and the way campuses deal with harassment claims.
The organisation’s director Carol E. Tracy issued a lengthy statement on Monday in relation to the 1999 allegation by a woman that Parker and his then Penn State University roommate Jean Celestin raped the woman while she was unconscious.
In 2002 the Women’s Law Project represented the woman in a complaint that Penn State University violated Title IX by failing to properly respond to claims by her that she was harassed after she filed reports to police and the university.
Title IX is the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in educational institutions.
Parker was acquitted of rape in 2001. Celestin’s conviction was overturned and prosecutors subsequently dropped plans for a retrial. The woman is...
The organisation’s director Carol E. Tracy issued a lengthy statement on Monday in relation to the 1999 allegation by a woman that Parker and his then Penn State University roommate Jean Celestin raped the woman while she was unconscious.
In 2002 the Women’s Law Project represented the woman in a complaint that Penn State University violated Title IX by failing to properly respond to claims by her that she was harassed after she filed reports to police and the university.
Title IX is the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in educational institutions.
Parker was acquitted of rape in 2001. Celestin’s conviction was overturned and prosecutors subsequently dropped plans for a retrial. The woman is...
- 8/22/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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