Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor turned himself in to a Florida prison on Wednesday to be charged as a sex offender in an incident earlier this month, court records show.
Taylor was charged with violating the sex offender law, a third-degree felony, for an incident that occurred on July 2 in Broward County.
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Lawrence Taylor arrives at a Trump campaign rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, on May 11, 2024. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Taylor's legal troubles were first reported by TMZ Sports. The 65-year-old former New York Giants star linebacker was released from jail early Thursday morning.
“My client, Lawrence Taylor, intends to plead not guilty to the recent charges,” Taylor's attorney, Mark English, told TMZ. “As with the previous case involving the same charges, Mr. Taylor did not knowingly commit a crime.”
“This situation is a serious misunderstanding. We are confident that once prosecutors consider the evidence that proves Mr. Taylor's innocence, he will again receive a favorable result.”
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Former New York Giants player Lawrence Taylor waves to the crowd before the game against the Indianapolis Colts at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on November 3, 2014. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
TMZ reported that the charges stemmed from failure to report a change of name or address.
According to the New York Post, Taylor pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct and using a prostitute in 2011 after he was accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl. Taylor said the girl told him she was 19 at the time.
Similar to this arrest, Taylor was arrested in 2021 for failing to report a change of address, which his lawyer at the time called a “confusion.” He pleaded not guilty to “residency restrictions for persons convicted of certain sex offenses,” according to TMZ.
Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants during warmups before Super Bowl XXV against the Buffalo Bills in Tampa, Florida on January 27, 1991. (Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
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Taylor, 65, played for the Giants from 1981 to 1993.
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Ryan Gaydas is a senior editor at Fox News Digital.