rape charges

(Newser) - It’s not often that NFL stars will publicize their masturbatory habits, but in Lawrence Taylor’s case, the alternative is statutory rape. The former Giant's defense against allegations that he raped a 16-year-old girl will be that he didn’t actually have sex with her. Instead, a source tells...

(Newser) - Disgraced gridiron 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 yesterday 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....

(Newser) - Lawrence Taylor's attorney emphatically denied today that the football great raped a teenage girl. "Lawrence Taylor did not rape anyone," said Arthur Aidala at a news conference, reports Entertainment Tonight . In fact, Taylor "did not have sex with anyone. Period. Amen." The Hall of Famer pleaded...