# Lawrence Taylor arrested for raping 16-year-old **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 6, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518 "2010-05-06T15:52:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/81 "2010-05-09T09:46:48Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > The good people of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia disagree with you. No they don’t. I’ll bet you a twenty minute walk in the Marianas Trench that if you polled the residents of those states, you’d get at least 90% who would say that it’s morally wrong for a man of LT’s age to schtupp a 16 year old. The pervasiveness of moral relativism in our society has contributed to making a very big divide between what people think is right and what is legal. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/82 "2010-05-09T10:16:25Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > No they don’t. I’ll bet you a twenty minute walk in the Marianas Trench that if you polled the residents of those states, you’d get at least 90% who would say that it’s morally wrong for a man of LT’s age to schtupp a 16 year old. The pervasiveness of moral relativism in our society has contributed to making a very big divide between what people think is right and what is legal. Ask them again when they’ve had a few beers and said 16 year old is in the room, ready and willing. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/83 "2010-05-09T15:38:38Z")
This reminds me of Traci Lords in the 1980’s. She used a relatives ID. Fooled everybody, including Bob Guccione the publisher of Penthouse. The truth came out in her biography after she’d been in the adult business for years. Crap hit the fan big time. At first there was all sorts of wild talk about prosecuting every actor she’d worked with. Things cooled down and all her films were pulled from the shelves. Must have cost the industry hundreds of millions in lost sales and rentals. There’s strong suspicion this was Traci’s way of expunging her adult career before entering mainstream hollywood. A big F. U. to an industry that paid her quite well. Lords was a typical brassy blonde with hardened features. Everyone thought she was in her early twenties. It’s nearly impossible to tell a 16 year old from a 18 year old. Girls know the tricks to dress and use makeup to pass for older and get in clubs. Guys have to be very, very careful these days and not trust what a girl says. Check that ID. I am puzzled why LT was hiring street hookers. Thats a good way to get robbed or mugged. Not to mention AIDS. He obviously could afford to use a Escort Service that screened their girls for STD’s. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/84 "2010-05-09T17:35:29Z")
Escort services won’t deliver young stuff. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/85 "2010-05-09T18:07:40Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I am puzzled why LT was hiring street hookers. Thats a good way to get robbed or mugged. Not to mention AIDS. He obviously could afford to use a Escort Service that screened their girls for STD’s. You are assuming LT has good judgment, something he’s never shown in the past. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/86 "2010-05-09T18:46:49Z")
$300 =/= “street hooker”. Street is $10 for oral, $25 for straight intercourse or half-and-half, more for anal if you find a girl who will do it (amazingly, most won’t, at least in my experience). My guess is this was a Craigslist hooker, which is a bit above street. You can definitely get a 19-year-old from escort services or Craigslist. In my experience, the younger ones tend to gravitate toward that at first, then make their way down to street hooker when they lose their youth, beauty, and teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Rex\_Goliath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/87 "2010-05-09T20:37:01Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > The good people of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia disagree with you. It’s also legal to sell [this](http://cgi.ebay.com/Xbox-360-Arcade-System-Box-MINT-FREE-SHIPPING-/230472235439?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Video_Games&hash=item35a93739af#ht_500wt_1064), but it’s still wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/88 "2010-05-09T20:59:36Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > $300 =/= “street hooker”. > > Street is $10 for oral, $25 for straight intercourse or half-and-half, more for anal if you find a girl who will do it (amazingly, most won’t, at least in my experience). Is that really all that amazing? I mean, I get that people in that line of work are probably quite desperate, but I could see drawing the line there, especially with a stranger–you don’t know what they’re going to do to you. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/89 "2010-05-09T21:18:14Z")
I dunno. I guess I look at it in the whole “If you’re already selling your body for crack money, what’s anal?” viewpoint. I mean, I’ve seen some crazy shit before–girls turning tricks for a value meal at Burger King, or the asshole cop who, when informed the BJ would cost $10, said “I only have $7,” and the girl accepted. When you’re that desperate, you’d think if a john came along who really wanted to fuck you up the ass and was willing to pay good money for it, you’d jump at it. But most street girls don’t, while the Craigslist girls and escorts will. Maybe it’s because most of the street girls do it in the car, and it’s too difficult to pull off anal in a car. It’s certainly not because it’s too degrading–they’re mostly too far gone to care. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/90 "2010-05-09T21:31:18Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > $300 =/= “street hooker”. > > Street is $10 for oral, $25 for straight intercourse or half-and-half, more for anal if you find a girl who will do it (amazingly, most won’t, at least in my experience). My guess is this was a Craigslist hooker, which is a bit above street. > > You can definitely get a 19-year-old from escort services or Craigslist. In my experience, the younger ones tend to gravitate toward that at first, then make their way down to street hooker when they lose their youth, beauty, and teeth. I don’t doubt your expertise, but I suspect things are a little more expensive per capita in New York. Or perhaps it’s just hard for me to believe that I can get a hooker for less than popcorn & two hours at the IMAX. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/91 "2010-05-09T22:21:38Z")
Popcorn and two hours at the IMAX costs more than a hooker here too. Trust me, you wouldn’t want to fuck what you’re getting for that money, unless fat, unwashed, pockmarked, and missing teeth is your thing. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/92 "2010-05-10T05:14:33Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > I dunno. I guess I look at it in the whole “If you’re already selling your body for crack money, what’s anal?” viewpoint. A much higher risk of injury. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/93 "2010-05-10T05:18:05Z")
There’s also a popular perception that it’s the way you get AIDS. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/94 "2010-05-10T05:23:35Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > A much higher risk of injury. 😕 Yeah, that was my thought, too. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/95 "2010-05-10T21:38:25Z")
Well, at least LT thought she was legal. The girl lied to him. They’ll probably still prosecute. There’s something weird about this deal. If this girl had been pimped out for awhile, why did she refuse to see LT? Even after the texts warning she’d get beaten. The pimp had to practically shove her in the room. I wonder if this was a race thing? Maybe she didn’t want to do a black guy? I understand it’s her choice. Forcing her is wrong. Something sure made this girl balk. > [@](#): > > “[Davis] told me to tell [Taylor] my name is Cameron and I’m 19 years old,” the teenager confessed to the Post. “He told me repeatedly and I had to repeat it back to him.” > > Read more: [Entertainment News Page](http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2010/05/girl_in_lawrence_taylor_case_talks.php#ixzz0nZ4UN8lp) ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/96 "2010-05-10T23:04:58Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Yeah, that was my thought, too. These are people who shoot up into open staph infections… ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/97 "2010-05-11T00:12:01Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Well, at least LT thought she was legal. The girl lied to him. They’ll probably still prosecute. > > There’s something weird about this deal. If this girl had been pimped out for awhile, why did she refuse to see LT? Even after the texts warning she’d get beaten. The pimp had to practically shove her in the room. I wonder if this was a race thing? Maybe she didn’t want to do a black guy? I understand it’s her choice. Forcing her is wrong. Something sure made this girl balk. What makes you think she didn’t refuse every time? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/98 "2010-05-11T00:16:35Z")
By the way, where are you getting that she’d ever been forced to do this before? The article doesn’t say that? How do you know this wasn’t the first time? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/99 "2010-05-11T01:37:27Z")
> [@Rex\_Goliath](#): > > It’s also legal to sell [this](http://cgi.ebay.com/Xbox-360-Arcade-System-Box-MINT-FREE-SHIPPING-/230472235439?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Video_Games&hash=item35a93739af#ht_500wt_1064), but it’s still wrong. Its wrong to sell an Xbox on eBay? I feel a whoosh coming on, but what are you getting at here? What’s the comparison between the LT case and selling Xboxes? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518/100 "2010-05-11T01:45:52Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Its wrong to sell an Xbox on eBay? I feel a whoosh coming on, but what are you getting at here? What’s the comparison between the LT case and selling Xboxes? Look at it carefully. They’re not selling an actual console, just the empty box. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawrence-taylor-arrested-for-raping-16-year-old/538518.md?page=6)