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NFL Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor charged with rape of teenager in New York

By Douglas A. Berman

This new AP story, which is headlined "Ex-NFL star Lawrence Taylor charged with NY rape," provides the latest sad and disturbing story at the intersection of sports stars and crime.  Here are the basics: Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor was charged Thursday with raping a 16-year-old runaway in an encounter that police said was arranged by a man who beat her up before driving her to Taylor's suburban hotel room while she texted her uncle for help. Taylor, the 51-year-old former New York Giant 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. Ramapo Chief of Police Peter Brower said Taylor was cooperative when police woke him up around 4 a...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 06, 2010 (boomark / email).