Travicity
01-13-2011, 10:24 PM
Former New York Giants great and Wrestlemania 11 main eventer Lawrence Taylor plead guilty today to two misdemeanors in conjunction with his rape arrest last year, according to the Associated Press.
As part of the plea agreement, Taylor, who had previously plead not guilty, will not have to serve any jail time but will need to register as a sex offender.
Taylor plead guilty to sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute. As part of the plea, the other charges were dropped.
Taylor's trial was scheduled to start in several weeks. He was facing felony charges of third-degree rape and third-degree criminal sexual act, and misdemeanor counts of third-degree sexual abuse, endangering the welfare of a child and third-degree patronizing a prostitute.
Taylor faced up to four years in prison if convicted on the original charges. He had previously turned down a plea deal that would have saw him plead guilty to the felony charge in exchange for a six month jail sentence.
Taylor was arrested in May 2010 in Montebello, New York after he was visited by an underage runaway prostitute. Police moved in to make the arrest after the runaway contacted her uncle, who then contacted authorities.
Taylor told the court today that the prostitute him she was 19. In actuality, she was 16. She had been brought to Taylor by her pimp, who is currently has a case against him. In that case, the AP reports, Taylor had already made similar statements about being led to believe the prostitute was of age.
The 16 year old had told prosecutors that she was verbally and physically forced by her pimp to service Taylor. Taylor publicly denied any guilt up until today's proceedings.
One witness who was with the girl and her pimp testified during the initial proceedings last year that the girl, upon returning to the car, commented, "It was weird....we didn't even have sex."
In 1995, Taylor did a series of angles for the then-WWF, culminating in a win against Bam Bam Bigelow at Mania 11 in Hartford, CT. While there were plans discussed for Bigelow and Taylor to team later that year after a Bigelow babyface turn, it never panned out.
PWI
As part of the plea agreement, Taylor, who had previously plead not guilty, will not have to serve any jail time but will need to register as a sex offender.
Taylor plead guilty to sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute. As part of the plea, the other charges were dropped.
Taylor's trial was scheduled to start in several weeks. He was facing felony charges of third-degree rape and third-degree criminal sexual act, and misdemeanor counts of third-degree sexual abuse, endangering the welfare of a child and third-degree patronizing a prostitute.
Taylor faced up to four years in prison if convicted on the original charges. He had previously turned down a plea deal that would have saw him plead guilty to the felony charge in exchange for a six month jail sentence.
Taylor was arrested in May 2010 in Montebello, New York after he was visited by an underage runaway prostitute. Police moved in to make the arrest after the runaway contacted her uncle, who then contacted authorities.
Taylor told the court today that the prostitute him she was 19. In actuality, she was 16. She had been brought to Taylor by her pimp, who is currently has a case against him. In that case, the AP reports, Taylor had already made similar statements about being led to believe the prostitute was of age.
The 16 year old had told prosecutors that she was verbally and physically forced by her pimp to service Taylor. Taylor publicly denied any guilt up until today's proceedings.
One witness who was with the girl and her pimp testified during the initial proceedings last year that the girl, upon returning to the car, commented, "It was weird....we didn't even have sex."
In 1995, Taylor did a series of angles for the then-WWF, culminating in a win against Bam Bam Bigelow at Mania 11 in Hartford, CT. While there were plans discussed for Bigelow and Taylor to team later that year after a Bigelow babyface turn, it never panned out.
PWI