Tea_Honey
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![[*]](./images/Pinky/default_icon.gif) posted on 5.17.2012 at 02:03 PM |
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ANOTHER 'broke' ex-athlete falls from grace: puts Super Bowl ring up for auction
GOIN' FOR BROKE
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Just a day after his former team received their Super Bowl XLVI rings, New York Giants great Lawrence Taylor put his Super Bowl XXV ring up for
auction.
The ring, won in 1990 when the Giants defeated the Buffalo Bills, is listed on the website of SCP Auctions and will be open for bids until late
Saturday.
As of Thursday morning, the highest bid was $37,982 on what the auction house calls "arguably the most significant Super Bowl player ring ever
offered publicly."
The ring has an unspecified reserve price that has not yet been met.
The historic piece of jewelry features "two football shaped diamonds on the face surrounded by worn blue enameling framed by seventeen smaller
diamonds." Taylor's name and number, 56, also appear on the ring.
The 53-year-old Hall of Famer, considered one of the greatest linebackers in football history, retired in 1994 after a 13-year career with the Giants
but has since struggled with legal and financial troubles.
He was arrested in 2010 for having sex with a 16-year-old prostitute. A judge sentenced him to six years of probation in March 2011 and he was forced
to register as a sex offender.
Taylor was also convicted of tax evasion in 2000 and served three months of house arrest. He won two Super Bowls with the Giants, the first in
1986.
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He was arrested in 2010 for having sex with a 16-year-old prostitute. A judge sentenced him to six years of probation in March 2011 and he was forced
to register as a sex offender.
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I was feeling for him until I read the above. 
Out of Love, you can speak with straight fury
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it
Choose your hypnotist well.....
Ergo, the blue pill (illusion), or the red pill (reality)
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crabrice
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| posted on 5.26.2012 at 06:30 PM |
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He was arrested in 2010 for having sex with a 16-year-old prostitute. A judge sentenced him to six years of probation in March 2011 and he was forced
to register as a sex offender.
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I was feeling for him until I read the above.
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I am not condoning visiting prostitutes!
But Tea, that whole thing was not straight forward. He alleged that he did not know her age at first. Her pimp had beaten her up and uncle had
followed her to the room, I believe. he claimed that they didn't hae sex at first, it was just watching, masturbation. But then he helped the
authorities in another matter and changed his plea. His wife stood by his side through out the whole process, publicly
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/news/story?id=6249691
Lawrence Taylor reacts to sentenceUpdated: March 24, 2011, 9:20 AM ETESPNNewYork.com Recommend5K+Tweet233Comments0EmailPrintDuring an interview
Tuesday after he was sentenced to six years' probation, Lawrence Taylor made no apologies for visiting a prostitute, and said he did not know she was
underage.
Taylor, 52, avoided jail time by pleading guilty in January to sexual misconduct and patronizing a 16-year-old prostitute stemming from an incident in
May 2010. Both counts are misdemeanors.
Taylor's Highs, Lows
As Giants Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor's troubles off the field continue, ESPNNewYork.com takes a look back. Photo gallery
Speaking on Fox News' "Studio B with Shepard Smith," Taylor said he had asked the prostitute her age, and was told she was 19.
"That's not my M.O. I've been around kids and people all my life," said Taylor, a former New York Giants linebacker and a member of the Pro
Football Hall of Fame. "I'm not the cause of prostitution. And sometimes I make mistakes and I may go out there. And I didn't go pick her up on no
playground. She wasn't hiding behind the school bus or getting off a school bus. This is a working girl that came to my room."
Taylor blamed the institution of prostitution for the fact that he ended up with an underage girl.
"It's the world of prostitution," he said during the Fox News interview. "You never know what you're gonna get. Is it gonna be a pretty girl, an
ugly girl or whatever it's gonna be."
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Lawrence Taylor leaves Rockland County Courthouse on Tuesday after his sentencing. He did not speak in court but later lashed out in a TV
interview.
Or a young girl? Smith asked.
"You can only ask," Taylor said. "I don't card them. I don't ask for a birth certificate."
Taylor said he had "no beef" with the girl.
"I'll take my punishment like I should, but my problem is at home with my wife, so that's really the only one I have to answer to," he said in the
interview.
How did he get in the situation in the first place? Smith asked.
"It happens sometimes," Taylor said. "I'd been on the road 10 or 11 days and I came in to town. Actually, I made a phone call to a friend of mine,
and he made a phone call."
Taylor said he has used the services of prostitutes in the past, especially between 1994 and 2001, when he was not married.
"I'm not looking for a relationship. Hey, sometimes I look for some company," Taylor said. "It's all clean. I don't have to worry about your
feelings. It's all clean. I'm not saying it's right. It's the oldest profession in the world."
But right or wrong, Taylor appears to not consider prostitution a serious crime.
"I guess you call it a crime," he said during the interview. "It's one of those crimes you don't think about. You never think you're gonna get
busted because everyone does it until you get busted, and then it's more embarrassing than anything else."
I am the way, the truth and the life- Jesus
John 14:6
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Tea_Honey
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| posted on 5.27.2012 at 03:07 PM |
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I don't condone prostitution, either. Which is why I said what I said. However, this:
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Taylor said he had asked the prostitute her age, and was told she was 19.
"That's not my M.O. I've been around kids and people all my life," said Taylor, a former New York Giants linebacker and a member of the Pro
Football Hall of Fame. "I'm not the cause of prostitution. And sometimes I make mistakes and I may go out there. And I didn't go pick her up on no
playground. She wasn't hiding behind the school bus or getting off a school bus. This is a working girl that came to my room."
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Obviously, ole boy disagrees with us BOTH! But a 51 year-old man saying he's been around kids all his life and picking up what he THINKS is a 19
year-old? Puh-lese! Ole geezer doesn't think 19 years-old to his HALF-CENTURY is a "kid?" 
Out of Love, you can speak with straight fury
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it
Choose your hypnotist well.....
Ergo, the blue pill (illusion), or the red pill (reality)
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