Lawrence Taylor: BUSTED!
There is major breaking news concerning the arrest of former New York Football Giant star linebacker Lawrence Taylor.
The stunning criminal charges allege that LT, through a pimp in Rockland County (NY), set up a sexual encounter with a female who was only 16 years old. If these allegations are true, LT is guilty of statutory rape, a class E felony in New York.
Under NY law, an individual, under the age of 17, CANNOT consent to having sexual intercourse. Therefore, under the law, if LT (being over 21 years old) only had sex with the girl (without any force or intimidation whatsoever), he completed the crime.
While the issue of any sentence for LT is completely premature, since the “worldwide leader in sports” has already gotten it wrong, under NY law, a defendant convicted of a class E felony cannot receive more than 4 years in jail. HOWEVER, if a defendant has no prior felony convictions and the court finds that a long jail sentence is “unduly harsh” based on the nature and circumstances and “character of the defendant”, the court can impose a sentence of less than 1 year in jail.
In the end, LT may need a judge who isn’t a Cowboys fan
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