Lawrence Taylor Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanors
NEW YORK (CBS/WCBS/AP) Lawrence Taylor has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute.
The 51-year-old NFL ex-linebacker will get no jail time following his plea Thursday, but will have to register as a sex offender.
Taylor was arrested in May at a suburban New York hotel. He was accused of having sex with a 16-year-old prostitute after the Bronx girl's uncle contacted New York City police. Officers from Ramapo woke him at a Holiday Inn in Montebello.
According to documents filed against the 16-year-old's alleged pimp after Taylor's arrest, Taylor admitted to taking a car service from Newark International airport to a Holiday Inn north of New York City to meet the victim.
After "engaging in sex
acts" with the victim, he paid her $300 in cash, the complaint said.
Rasheed Davis, the alleged pimp, told the Giants legend that the
girl was 19, according to the documents.
Taylor,
51, was charged May 6 in Suffern, N.Y., with third-degree rape and
patronizing a prostitute.
Taylor led the New York Giants to Super Bowl titles in 1987 and 1991. Taylor was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 1999.
Sentencing is March 22. That same day, state Supreme Court Justice William Kelly will determine what level of sex offender status Taylor will have.
His lawyer said he would seek to have Taylor's probation transferred to Florida, where the former player now lives.