By Patrick Hedlund
DNAinfo News Editor
MANHATTAN — The underage prostitute Lawrence Taylor is accused of raping told a friend that she and the former Giant great did not actually have sex and that he only pleasured himself, according to news reports.
The 16-year-old girl told a friend that the two did not actually engage in any sexual contact even though he allegedly paid her $300, the New York Post reported.
The friend has reportedly given a sworn statement to investigators saying that the hooker told her that the Hall of Famer only masturbated during their tryst in a Rockland County hotel room.
"She starts explaining that it was weird because she didn't even have sex," the friend told investigators, according to a source speaking to the Daily News.
"When she got back in the car, she wasn't mad or anything like that. She was like, 'Wow' — she got paid $300 and didn't have to have sex with him," the paper quoted the friend as saying.
The claim could bolster Taylor’s case and possibly clear him of rape charges, reports indicated.
The friend is a stripper who lived with the 16-year-old and her alleged pimp, Rasheed Davis, in the Bronx, the Post reported.
The hooker denied her friend’s claims and said that she and Taylor “definitely had sex,” the Daily News reported.
The girl previously said she didn’t “want to ruin [Taylor’s] reputation” and that she told him she was 19 when he asked.
Taylor was arrested last week on third-degree rape charges and faces a maximum of five years in prison.
The former linebacker admitted to police that he had sex with the girl for money, but his attorney has vehemently denied the charges.
