Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor was arrested in a Rockland hotel overnight and charged with raping a 15-year-old girl, who apparently was a runaway from New York City controlled by a pimp, authorities said this morning.
The 51-year-old former New York Giants linebacker was taken into custody by Ramapo police at the Holiday Inn off Airmont Road, Ramapo Police Detective Lt. Brad Weidel said
Taylor was being held in the town police lockup pending arraignment in Ramapo Justice Court this afternoon. He is being charged with third-degree rape, a charge that involves having intercourse with a minor.
The victim was reportedly beaten during the attack.
Taylor, a football icon and one of the NFL's greatest defensive players, has a history of drug abuse and other run-ins with the law. He has tested positive for cocaine several times during his NFL career and has been arrested for buying cocaine from undercover police officers.
Taylor, who has a home in New Jersey, told police he was a resident of Pembroke Pines, Fla. He has frequently played golf in Rockland.
Ramapo police were planning a news conference later this afternoon to provide more details in the case.
The victim apparently was a runaway from the Bronx who was brought by a pimp to the Holiday Inn where Taylor was staying, Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence said this morning.
The girl got beaten up at the hotel, authorities said, and later needed treatment at a hospital.
"She was a runaway since March and there was a pimp involved," St. Lawrence said. "She got punched in the face. We're not sure who did it."
The police got involved after the girl texted her uncle as the pimp drove her down to the Bronx, St. Lawrence said. The uncle called the New York City Police Department and officers met the pimp's car in the city, St. Lawrence said.
The police took statements from the girl, arrested the pimp and called the Ramapo Police Department, who sent officers to the hotel to investigate.
Police secured the scene in the hotel room, gathered evidence and sent detectives to New York City as part of the investigation.
― is it really that hard to spot all these fake british dudes? (velko), Thursday, 6 May 2010 16:02 (fifteen years ago)
Lawrence Taylor is accused of raping a teenage girl who police say was brought to him by a pimp outside of New York City on Wednesday night. And the Pro Football Hall of Famer has not shied away from his proclivity for callgirls since his playing days.
For a 2004 broadcast, Taylor told 60 Minutes that opponents once sent callgirls to his hotel room before his Giants played a game in Houston:
"Knock on the door, you open the door, and you got two beautiful women sitting there (saying) 'We're for you!' And I'm like, 'You're in the right place."
A jovial Taylor told 60 Minutes of the women's performance, "They did a pretty good job."
The longtime Giants defender, who was the 1986 NFL MVP, said he then turned the trick around on opponents and sent callgirls to their hotel rooms:
"You know what they like and what type of women they like and you just call the service. What you got?"
Taylor also told 60 Minutes that he once had to call a locksmith to unbind him after he reported for a team meeting in handcuffs. He explained why he had been bound:
"A couple of ladies that were trying out some new equipment they had. You know? And I just happened to, and they just didn't happen to have the key."
― is it really that hard to spot all these fake british dudes? (velko), Friday, 7 May 2010 07:27 (fifteen years ago)