Thursday, May 6, 2010

Is there an overabundance of perverted criminal sex offenders among professional athletes?

Lawrence Taylor

It sure seems that way. I know there are plenty of non-proffessional athletes committing the same heinous crimes against women, they just don't get all the media attention.

The latest one makes me cringe. 51 year old Lawrence Taylor arrested for rape, charged with calling a pimp and having a 16 year old girl brought to his hotel. I am not into football but even I recognize his name.

Check out this quote from the NY Times:

"...was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999 and is considered one of the best defensive players to play in the N.F.L., had a 13-year career with the Giants that was marred by problems with drugs and alcohol. He was suspended several times by the N.F.L. and was arrested multiple times for drug possession. In the past few years he has re-emerged as a public personality, including working in front of the camera on N.F.L. broadcasts. He has said his drug problems are in his past."
Perhaps Mr. Taylor (aka scumball rapist of underage women) no longer has a drug or alcohol problem but he has a moral and legal problem. Disgusting.

And this girl - chances are she's a victim of being used as a prostitute. Sounds like she may be a runaway that got caught up doing what she had to do to survive on the streets or support a drug habit? Who knows, but I hope she gets help.

2 comments:

bob_vinyl said...

Human trafficking is a huge source of prostitution, both adult and underage. It's a much more of a problem in the US than most people realize and it amounts to thousands of people in slavery, many right in our own towns.

So, if Lawrence Taylor did this,he not only raped this girl, but likely participated in destroying the lives of many other girls as well.

Bar L. said...

Bob, thanks for stopping by here, its not a fun blog to visit but its important to me and nice to know someone reads it.

I am sure Lawrence has harmed many young women over the years. He has three children of his own. I have to wonder how he'd feel if a 51 year old man paid to have sex with his 16 year old daughter? If he receives preferential treatment due to being rich and/or famous I am going to go ballistic. But it happens all the time...I can think of another famous football player who got away with murder...