rights for a festival-record $17.5 million, and its national release is due in october.e but earlier this month, headlines emerged about a 1999 rape allegation made against parker when he was a student at penn state.de the alleged victim claimed she'd been unconscious.en parker was charged and later acquitted. parker's friend-- and "birth" co-writer-- jean celestin was also accused in the case. he was convicted, but the verdict was overturned on appeal. in a recent interview with "variety" magazine, parker reiterated his claim that the sex was consensual. "seventeen years ago," he said, "i experienced a very painful moment in my life. it resulted in it being litigated. i was cleared of it. that's that. seventeen years later, i'm a filmmaker." the remarks struck a nerve, especially after the revelation