NFL Hall Of Famer Lawrence Taylor Wins Underage Rape Lawsuit

Dude lit up a cigar after his ‘victorious’ win and after expressing sympathy for the 19-year-old woman he was accused of raping in 2010, Taylor told reporters he was ready to move forward from the embarrassing chapter of his life.

According to The New York Post:

NFL Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor has won a lawsuit that tried to hold him accountable for sex with a 16-year-old girl in a hotel room near New York City.

The jury returned its verdict Friday after hearing testimony from the now 19-year-old woman and Taylor.

Taylor gave a thumbs-up to a friend in the spectator area when the verdict was announced. Outside the courthouse, the former New York Giants linebacker celebrated by lighting up a big cigar — when asked what kind it was, a triumphant LT said “Redemption!”

“I feel for what she’s gone through,” Taylor told reporters. “I wasn’t a bad person. I could have helped her … I hope the best for her. Now it’s time to go back and concentrate on my own broken life.”

Taylor acknowledged that he had sex in 2010 with a prostitute. He denied, however, that he ignored obvious signs she was a teen runaway in distress.

The woman had claimed that an abusive pimp forced her to have sex with Taylor for $300, in an encounter that occurred in a hotel room in Montebello, just north of New York City.

She sued Taylor, seeking unspecified damages.

After the verdict, a juror told The Post the jury was unanimously behind Taylor, and some members wanted to find for the fallen football star in as little as five minutes.

“I, and I think everyone, had an extreme amount of sympathy for [the woman],” said the juror, a female 43-year-old engineer from Westchester.

“It came down to a matter of consent because they obviously had some kind of physical contact … She gave her consent by removing her clothes and allowing penetration. There was no clear point where we thought Mr. Taylor should have stopped,” the juror said.

Hmm…maybe he should have stopped since he knew her ‘consent’ came from her Pimp.

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