Lawrence Taylor Officially Charged With Rape

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Lawrence Taylor There's no secret about former NFL star Lawrence Taylor's past: he discusses it openly and is adamant about having moved forward. Now the Hall of Fame linebacker, though, is being charged with rape of a 16-year-old girl.
According to police, the teenager was beaten by 36-year-old ex-con Rasheed Davis and forced in to prostitution. Davis dropped off the girl at Taylor's Holiday Inn room early Thursday morning and was told to have sex with him. On the way to the hotel, though, the girl sent a text to her uncle about the ordeal, who called the NYPD.

Taylor allegedly paid the girl $300. Around 4 a.m. on Thursday morning, Ramapo, N.Y. police woke up Taylor and arrested him on charges of third-degree rape and patronizing a prostitute.
Taylor was released on $75,000 bail and told the media waiting outside, "I'm not that important."

Taylor's lawyer, Arthur Aidala, stood by LT's innocence, "My client did not have sex with anybody," Aidala told the Associated Press. "Lawrence Taylor did not rape anybody." He will be due in court again on June 10th.


Police say the teenager has been missing since March and met Davis at a Bronx bus stop. The girl ran away from home and was looking for a place to stay, so Davis offered his place. Davis then forced her to perform sexual favors for other people. According to police, early Thursday morning, Davis kicked and punched her, drove her to Taylor's hotel against her will and told her to have sex with him. When she refused, Davis gave her to Taylor, and Taylor gave her $300, which she gave to Davis. After the girl's uncle called police, Davis was also arrested on charges of unlawful imprisonment, assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Davis is an ex-convict who served an 8- to- 25-year sentence for manslaughter. He was paroled in 2008, after serving 14 years.

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