SMH. Even if she lied to him about her age, and even if it was consensual, it's still disappointing because everyone thought he had finally cleaned up his act. Now I'm wondering if this girl was a prostitute who told him she was 18. I'm assuming the 3rd-degree rape charges imply that the act was consensual, but that the girl was under-aged. Either way, he's never been able to shake his demons, and it seems like that's finally caught up to him.
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IMO though even if she didnt look 15 she had to look young. Is it really any better if she was 19 and he was paying to have sex with her at the age of 51.
Im well aware of that but im still saying hes a piece of trash that obviously never cleaned up just tried to save his public image.
Watching the special that I saw on it, it makes it look terrible all the way around. Its one thing for a 15 year old girl to tell a guy I'll give you a BJ for $20 and she's just a girl gone wrong, and a 15 year old girl thats been kidnapped, locked in a dark room and repeatedly raped by paying customers. Some of the stories were just plain awful.
[rquoter]SUFFERN, N.Y. -- Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor was arrested Thursday in connection with the rape of a 16-year-old girl who police said was delivered to his suburban New York City hotel room against her will. Taylor, who has a history of drug abuse and runs-in with the law, will be arraigned later Thursday on rape charges. Taylor will "probably" be charged with third-degree rape, which is statutory and carries a term of up to four years, Christopher St. Lawrence, police commissioner for Ramapo, said. Taylor also may be charged with solicitation, which is a misdemeanor. An attorney for Taylor, Kenneth Gribetz, said he was "confident [Taylor's] innocence will be proven." Another of Taylor's attorneys, Arthur Aidala, said he is "cautiously optimistic" that Taylor will be able to post bail Thursday. A second man was arrested in the case, New York City police said. Rasheed Davis, 36, was arrested on charges of unlawful imprisonment, assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Police said Davis drove the girl, who had been staying with him in the Bronx for a few weeks, to the Holiday Inn and told her she had to have sex with Taylor. She said she refused, Taylor sexually assaulted her, then he paid her $300, which she gave to Davis, police said. Davis "struck the young girl with his fist, kicked her and brought her to the Holiday Inn against her will," NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said. On the way back from Suffern, the girl sent text messages to her uncle spelling out what had happened, Browne said. The uncle then went to the NYPD, he said. New York City police then alerted Ramapo authorities to what happened. Police then went to Taylor's hotel room and arrested him. "We're not happy with what took place, but our detectives have made the arrest and processed the scene," St. Lawrence said. St. Lawrence also said sex with a 16-year-old cannot be consensual in New York state. The alleged victim was 15 when she ran away from home in the Bronx in March but is 16 now, St. Lawrence said. Taylor cannot be released on his own recognizance but can post bail (if the judge allows).[/rquoter] http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/news/story?id=5167613
Aren't you jumping the gun here a little? You haven't heard any evidence presented. You've only heard an accusation and from that you can definitively say that he's a piece of trash you never cleaned up? If you were accused of a crime wouldn't you at least want people to hear some evidence before pronouncing you guilty?
Actually my only point was that LT has not received the level of criticism and demonization of someone like, say, Mark McGuire or Sammy Sosa, even though what he did (and continues to do) was/is arguably much worse. I am not talking about holding anything against the guy the rest of his life, I just said I have never understood why he has always been treated with such kid gloves. That's all.
