Thursday, May 6, 2010

Taylor charged with rape and solicitation

After seeming to have put his troubled past behind him, formerNew YorkGaints linebacker Lawrence Taylor again found himself in a courtroom in this small Hudson Valley town Thursday.Ramapo authorities said the Pro Football Hall of Famer faces up to four years in prison after being arrested and charged with raping a 16-year-old girl who authorities say was beaten by a Bronx pimp, then delivered to Taylor's hotel roomTaylor paid the girl $300 for sex, authorities said. En route to the hotel, she sent a text message to her uncle, who alerted the New York Police Department. The NYPD arrested the suspected pimp, Rasheed Davis, an ex-convict on parole. The NYPD informed Ramapo police, who woke up Taylor and arrested him in his room at a nearby Holiday inn at 3:55 Thursday morning. The girl, who was reported missing in March, has been reunited with her uncle, authorities said.

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