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[findthedr]

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/news/story?id=5167613
Taylor charged with rape, solicitation

Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor was charged Thursday with raping a 16-year-old runaway who police said was forced into prostitution by a man who had beaten her up.

Taylor, a 51-year-old former New York Giants star who has faced drug and tax evasion charges in the past, paid the girl $300 for sex in a Holiday Inn, where he was arrested early Thursday, said Christopher St. Lawrence, supervisor of the town of Ramapo.

Police said the girl was reported missing by her family in March and had been staying with a 36-year-old parolee, Rasheed Davis, in the Bronx. The two met a few weeks ago at a Bronx bus stop, New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said.

"He chats her up. She explains she doesn't have a place to stay. He provides one," Browne said.

Davis then forced her to perform sexual favors for others, authorities said.

Early Thursday morning, Davis punched and kicked her, drove her to the hotel against her will and told her she had to have sex with Taylor, police said. When she refused, Davis handed her over to Taylor, who sexually assaulted her, they said. Taylor paid her $300, which she gave to Davis, police said.

Taylor used a middle man to arrange the liaison with the girl, Browne said.

At some point, the girl sent text messages to her uncle spelling out what was happening. The uncle then went to the NYPD, Browne said.

Davis was arrested on charges of unlawful imprisonment, assault and endangering the welfare of a child. He was sentenced in April 1994 to eight to 25 years in prison for first-degree manslaughter. He was paroled in March 2008.

[findthedr]

if you havent aldready read this, this topic ties in well with another:

http://fatchatter.com/forum/index.php?topic=2199.0
For Runaways, Sex Buys Survival

[Deberg_1990]

Sickening.....Hes now on the same plane as OJ.

[findthedr]

he was aldready there.

I think its an open and shut case from what it sounds:
1. cops should have phone records of communication between taylor and the pimp
2. girl might be able to describe identifying marks that taylor has, and desribe the inside of his hotel room (thus to corroborate that she was there and saw him naked)

the fact that he denies having sex with her, but will likely have records indicating that he arrainged a meeting with a pimp will kill his credibility and make this easy for the jury, even without DNA evidence.

[Deberg_1990]

heh, none of can say for sure whether he had sex with her or not.....fine.

But what the hell was a married 51 year old with kids doing in a crusty hotel room at 1am with a 16 year old girl and her pimp?? 

[Phil K]

I think LT was an amazing athlete but he creeps me out - always has. I was tired of seeing him in commercials and endorsing all kinds of crap. Complete scumbag. This is just the end of it. Hopefully they put him away forever.

[findthedr]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d81801f5f&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true
Authorities: Taylor says he engaged in 'sex acts' with 16-year-old girl

Disgraced NFL great Lawrence Taylor admitted paying for sex at a suburban Holiday Inn, where police say he raped a 16-year-old runaway, federal prosecutors said Friday in a criminal complaint against the girl's alleged pimp.

The papers filed in federal court in Manhattan refer to Taylor only as "Client-1."

In the paperwork, authorities claim the Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker told police following his arrest Thursday that he had taken a car service from Newark International Airport to the hotel north of New York to meet "Victim-1."

Taylor told investigators that after "engaging in sex acts" with the victim, he paid her $300 in cash, the complaint says. The man charged in the complaint, Rasheed Davis, had told the New York Giants legend that the girl was 19, the court papers say.

Taylor, 51, was charged Thursday in Suffern, N.Y. with third-degree rape and patronizing a prostitute. His lawyer, Arthur Aidala, has denied the charges.

A federal magistrate ordered Davis held without bail after prosecutors said they suspect the defendant forced other young women into prostitution. Davis, if free, would be an "extreme danger to the community" since authorities "haven't yet identified all the victims who are out there," prosecutor Amanda Kramer said.

[Hawk58]

I know LT still gets charged with rape, but isn't the pimp the bad guy here?

So now I wonder if LT knew how this Davis guy came up with his girls? If he did, then burn him at the stake... but if he didn't, do you hang a 3rd degree rape on him?

[eBovine]

This kind of stuff disturbs me.  Do men need to run a complete background check on the woman to make sure they're at least 18?

It reminds me of that girl in California who used a fake driver's licence and was picking up men in bars and having sex with them.  Then when someone caught on the men were arrested for rape.  Short of checking her ID just how far should you have to go?  Nobody is beating up the bartenders who served her and they didn't do any more than check her ID.

[Phil K]

I know LT still gets charged with rape, but isn't the pimp the bad guy here?

So now I wonder if LT knew how this Davis guy came up with his girls? If he did, then burn him at the stake... but if he didn't, do you hang a 3rd degree rape on him?

That's a good question. However, there are plenty of examples where willing participants in one crime were equally responsible whatever else happens. You drive the getaway car during a bank robbery in which the teller is executed you do time for murder as well. Is it fair? No. But it's a risk you take when you choose a life of crime. I don't feel sorry for LT whatsoever.

[HemiEd]

This  kind of stuff disturbs me.  Do men need to run a complete background  check on the woman to make sure they're at least 18?

It reminds  me of that girl in California who used a fake driver's licence and was  picking up men in bars and having sex with them.  Then when someone  caught on the men were arrested for rape.  Short of checking her ID just  how far should you have to go?  Nobody is beating up the bartenders who  served her and they didn't do any more than check her ID.

I agree, the pimp is the worst here. Granted, LT shouldn't have been doing this, but he is not as bad as the pimp on this deal.

That's a good question. However, there are plenty of examples where willing participants in one crime were equally responsible whatever else happens. You drive the getaway car during a bank robbery in which the teller is executed you do time for murder as well. Is it fair? No. But it's a risk you take when you choose a life of crime. I don't feel sorry for LT whatsoever.

The guy has sure made some bad decisions. Saw him recently on the golf channel, playing against Jerry Rice. Damn, those drugs have taken their toll on LT, he looks like hell. Probably the reason he was having to pay for it.

[findthedr]

That's a good question. However, there are plenty of examples where willing participants in one crime were equally responsible whatever else happens.

This.

Unfortunately, prostitution is illegal in most of the country. (I personally believe it should be legalized and regulated). He knowingly broke the law in that regard, and exposed himself to a stat. rape risk.

[Phil K]

This.

Unfortunately, prostitution is illegal in most of the country. (I personally believe it should be legalized and regulated).

Agreed. I'm apparently not as prudish as I think.

[Deberg_1990]

Agreed. I'm apparently not as prudish as I think.

Too me its just common sense.  we waste far too much money and resources fighting this stuff. 

[findthedr]

not only that, but it should remove "pimps" and alot of the crime from that part of the industry.

Yes, I realize that strip clubs are legal and alot of crime and drugs surround that, but as a whole women who are working in strip clubs are doing it out of their own choice, and dont face the violence and robbery that is in prostitution.