The news comes as Parkers 1999 sexual assault trial has been the subject of renewed attention online.
We will present the film as planned.
A jury found Celestin guilty of sexual assault, and he was sentenced to six months in prison.
(The conviction was later overturned.)
I cant help but think of all the implications this has for her family, he wrote.
I cannot nor do I want to ignore the pain she endured during and following our trial.
There is morality; no one who calls himself a man of faith should even be in that situation.
I see now that I may not have shown enough empathy even as I fought to clear my name.
Fox Searchlight still plans to release the film in North America on Oct. 7.
