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NFL great in the dock over rape charge
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May 8, 2010, Saturday
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FORMER NFL great Lawrence Taylor was charged on Thursday with third-degree rape of a 16-year-old girl brought to him in a New York suburb by a pimp, and could face up to four years in prison.
Taylor paid US$300 to have sex with the underage girl in the early hours of Thursday morning in Room 160 of the Holiday Inn hotel in Montebello, a village about 40km north of New York City, local police said.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Taylor, 51, is denying all charges and will plead not guilty, his lawyer told a judge in the town of Ramapo, which includes Montebello.
Taylor, known as "LT" when he starred with the New York Giants from 1981 to 1993, was handcuffed and wore a black shirt and blue jeans in the Ramapo courtroom as he stood to hear the charges.
"Every fact is at issue," lawyer Arthur Aidala told reporters outside the courtroom. "Lawrence will fight every charge. Like every celebrity, Mr Taylor is a target."
The former linebacker, held in the town jail overnight, was released on US$75,000 bail by Town Justice Arnold Etelson. The two-time Super Bowl winner did not speak to reporters who crowded into the parking lot outside the town hall.
Taylor, married and the father of three children, owns a home in Pembroke Pines, Florida, and was in New York to make a corporate appearance, his friend and business partner Mark Lepselter told reporters.
His next court appearance on charges brought by the victim identified only as "CF" was set for June 10.
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