The last report we heard regarding NFL Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor indicated that his legal defense would be that he masturbated with an under-aged prostitute in the room but did not have sexual intercourse with her.
ESPN is now reporting Taylor has been indicted by a New York grand jury on charges of rape, criminal sexual act and sexual abuse as well as endangering the welfare of a child and patronizing a prostitute.
He will now have to enter a plea. His defense team wants him to plead guilty to the misdeameanor -- having sex with a prostitute -- but that hasn't happened yet.
ESPN's Roger Cossack weighed in on the challenges facing Taylor:
They're not going to have a problem getting a guilty verdict in showing that he had intercourse with a woman under the age of 16. The law doesn't require knowledge by him that he knew seh was under 16 so I think he's in a tough spot.
The real question is: Is this what the law was intended to do? I don't think that's what this law was intended for this type of situation. I think it was intended to prevent older men from preying on younger girls and I don't think there's any question Lawrence Taylor did not know how young that girl was.
If the prosecutor decides to move forward -- and not offer a plea deal to Taylor -- jail time is a very real possibility, according to Cossack.