LT Arrest: the Pimp is the Key to a Conviction
Let’s assume for the moment that Lawrence Taylor is going to deny having sexual intercourse with the underage teenage girl (just like LT’s lawyer told us yesterday). Let’s also assume that the girl says there was intercourse with LT. Then, we may have a classic “he said/she said” case.
In the type of evidentiary “push” situation, how can the prosecution prove its case against LT “beyond a reasonable doubt?” Enter the alleged pimp, Rasheed Davis. Mr. Davis was arrested and charged with being the pimp in the sexual transaction with LT and the underage girl. If this is true, he must possess value and damaging evidence against LT. He must be able to testify about conversations with LT and their arrangements of this encounter. Davis may possess cell phone records, text messages or emails from LT that may contain proof of guilt.
As this case goes forward, Mr. Davis may become more and more important to the prosecution as he can act as “tie-breaker” between LT and the girl’s accounts of what happened that day. Now, the prosecution has to be concerned that Davis is less than a dream witness. He is on parole for a manslaughter conviction and is a violent felon. He can be easy prey for cross-examination on his credibility. The prosecutor has got to make it clear to a jury (if this ever gets this far) that the DA’s office does not get to order its witnesses from “central casting” in Hollywood. In criminal prosecutions, you get the witnesses who would be normally involved in such a disgraceful incident as is alleged in the LT case.
Mr. Davis will have every reason to want to cooperate with the DA because committing a felony like this while on parole means a long trip up the river (probably jail for the rest of his life or close to it) unless he finds a way to save himself. Look to see if Mr. Davis has a date to testify against LT in the grand jury real soon.
My name is Christopher Fusco. I am the managing partner of Callahan & Fusco, LLC with offices in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.