breaking news tonight. a "dancing with the stars" phenom stuns fans with moves on the dance floor but police say he had a pimp deliver a teenage girl to his room like she's a pizza. the girl beaten with a black eye when she refused, then allegedly the star attacks the girl, sexually attacks the girl. after secretly sending out a frantic text message, cops manage to locate and rescue the teen girl. bombshell tonight. charges of human trafficking filed by the feds. as the 16-year-old gives graphic details of the night she was

forced into the room with taylor, including his using a condom and saying nothing as she left the room, just ordering her to cut off the tv. we learn taylor allegedly confesses to cops he paid the girl $300. he says for a sex act. cops say for a sex assault. this while a so-called friend claims the 16-year-old girl denies the incident, even after cops find a used condom and a bottle of brandy in the hotel room. we also learn cops manage to salvage that text, the one the teen sends that night begging her uncle for help. >> pro football hall of famer lawrence taylor has been charged in the rape of a 16-year-old runaway girl. police in new york say a pimp brought her to taylor's suburban hotel room against her will. >> breaking news. a friend of the 16-year-old girl allegedly raped by nfl superstar and former dancing with the stars contestant lawrence taylor comes forward.

>> when you have sex with a 16-year-old girl -- >> gave her $300. >> it's called statutory rape. >> paid her for what he thought was sex. >> according to an unnamed source who spoke to "the new york post" she claims the girl said no intercourse happened at all. >> prosecutors say she had sex. >> i wonder what that used rubber was doing there in his hotel room. >> when this condom comes up and it happens to have dna in it, obviously. >> lawyer claiming no sex at all. >> lawrence taylor did not have consensual sex with anybody. >> in fact, the victim bragged about making, quote, easy money because, quote, i didn't have to "f" him. >> lawrence taylor did not rape anybody. >> having sex with a 16-year-old girl is illegal. he had to deny it. >> what impact will her shocking statements have on the criminal investigation against lawrence taylor? >> i think powerful people have a way of getting out of things better than anybody else because they are rich and they are famous.

and breaking news tonight. caught on video. teacher beat. a female science teacher beating a sixth grade boy. dragging the boy across the classroom floor. leaving the little boy with a black eye, his back covered in bruises, and it's all caught on video. tonight, we have the video. >> it's a terrible sight. a teacher hitting, dragging, slapping and beating a student. >> for almost one minute this teacher was caught on a cell phone camera terrorizing a student. she beat and slapped the boy as classmates cheered and laughed. teacher was placed on leave after the student's mother

notified school administrators. >> you think the boy victim really did something to provoke that teacher. all the boy did, they say, was join their impromptu dance lesson with another student. >> the student seen on camera getting hit is 13 years old. the boy's mother alicia johnson told me by phone he suffered a black eye and several bruises. jamie's house is a charter school for students with disciplinary problems. the spokesperson says no matter what the teen may have done to provoke the teacher, he didn't deserve to get hit. good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. bombshell tonight. we learn the "dancing with the stars" phenom lawrence taylor allegedly confesses to paying $300 for a sex act. with a teen. cops say no sex act, sex assault. this while a so-called friend claims the 16-year-old girl denies the incident.

even after cops find a used condom and a bottle of brandy in the hotel room. >> major developments for a dancing superstar accused of rape. a friend of the alleged victim could be a key witness for nfl lend lawrence taylor's defense. >> my client did not have sex with anybody. period, amen. >> an unnamed source tells "the new york post" the 16-year-old victim bragged to the friend about making a quick payday because the hall of famer masturbated before paying her $300. >> lawrence taylor did not have consensual sex with anybody. the district attorney's office is charging him with a consensual act. he is -- he didn't have a consensual -- he did not have consensual sex with anyone. >> the friend, a stripper who lived with the alleged victim and her pimp claims she spoke to cops to clear up three things. one, they did not have sex and

two, the victim is lying. lawrence taylor is innocent of all charges. >> lawrence taylor did not rape anybody. am i clear? >> so, i guess that defense lawyer is going to say that used condom belonged to somebody else. straight out to kelli zink with celebtv.com joining us. kelli, what's the latest? >> the latest we're hearing is he's claiming it was masturbation, he did not have sex with this girl. the bottle of brandy did come from the girl and it -- >> wait a minute. wait a minute. kelli zink p, masturbation for hire doesn't jive with a used condom. that doesn't even make any sense. >> no, it doesn't. but lawrence is saying -- >> when you're talking about a juvenile that would be child molestation. >> today would have been her 17th birthday, which is so ironic because 17 is the legal age for consensual sex in new york. but she was 16. obviously this holiday inn, it's

on the ritz, the four seasons so he's saying it wasn't mine. i paid the girl for masturbation, that's it. >> there's nothing a dna test can't handle. jean casarez. legal correspondent with "in session." what can you tell me about the feds filing human trafficking charges today? >> there's a federal complaint against the alleged pimp and sexual trafficking of a minor. it says in essence that rasheed davis unlawfully willingly and knowingly lured a young woman to engage in commercial sex acts. that is the federal -- >> wait a minute. jean, this is what i don't understand. lawrence taylor, the -- there you see him. look at those moves on the dance floor. if they are charging the pimp with human trafficking -- take down the chiron, please.

forcing sex on a 16-year-old girl, wouldn't that make lawrence taylor, a co-conspirator, a party to the crime. >> they're not charging it that way. they're charging rasheed davis. the state complaint is charging lawrence taylor with the statutory rape and the press release that's come out from the police department in new york is saying they went to the hotel after they got a call from new york police. they introduced themselves. because of an interview they had with him after that, that is when they filed the charges of rape. they're saying in essence he admitted to having sexual intercourse which is what the statute demands with this minor. >> everybody, yourself seeing video from abc's "dancing with the stars." jean casarez, i have with me --

the answer to your question was, the feds didn't charge it that way. i know the feds didn't charge taylor, the celebrity, with "dancing with the stars" with human trafficking. i get it. what i'm saying is they should have. why should he be exempt from participating in human trafficking when he has sex with a little girl? that is force, that is allegedly beaten into submission? he paid the money for the pimp. if the pimp is charged with human trafficking, eleanor, eleanor odom, help me out here. party to the crime. he's just as involved as the pimp is. >> exactly. you can champ it that way. he's just as guilty. he participated and additionally charging him with sexual assaults. >> out to the lines. diane, florida. hi, dear, what's your question? i think i have diane with me. are you there, dear? >> caller: hello? >> hi, diane, what's your question? >> caller: you're a wonderful

lady, first, beautiful twins. >> thank you. >> caller: my question, why was there a condom found if he didn't use it? >> you know, that's a great question. kelli zink seemed to think it was kind of funny. i don't find it funny. i find it evidence in a felony case. what about it, ellie jostad? >> well, nancy, tmz are the ones who originally reported and i should point out in the documents that we got from police they do not mention a condom. tmz reported that a used condom was found in the room. they're also hearing that the possible defense is going to be that it was just a masturbatory act taylor performed on himself and there was no intercourse between the two. >> a masturbatory act with a condom. i forgot it's not his. blame the cleaning crew. dr. bethany marshall, you know what, throw me a bone here. come on, try to blame the cleaning crew for leaving a used condom in the room. >> here's a clincher.

he claims it was a masturbatory act, but he claims the lights were off. how could you have a masturbatory act and you can't see them? he would have masturbated looking at a woman that was beaten up and abused by the pimp. >> to sheryl mccollum, director of cold case squad. you're specialty crime scenes. somebody else's condom? >> not going to fly, nancy. the victim also said he was fixed. why would he have a condom? >> after events took place in that room 160 at the holiday inn, mr. davis then took our victim back to new york city. our victim had previously been reported as a runaway.

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making, quote,easy money, because, quote, i didn't have to "f" him. >> if they had sex, if there's evidence they had sex this man is guilty because it's been proven i guess she's under the age of 17. >> when this case gets to court there are going to be a lot of questions. >> did you hear the defense attorney just say he did not have consensual sex with anyone? i guess that was one of those freudian slips. unleash the lawyers. eleanor odom, sex crimes prosecutor. renee rockwell, defense attorney, atlanta. peter odom, defense attorney, atlanta. eleanor odom, don't you just hate it when the defense attorneys blurt something out like that? he's right. there was not a consensual sex act because a 16-year-old girl cannot consent to sex. >> exactly right, nancy. she cannot consent to any of this. and, in fact, let's not forget, she's the victim here, nancy. she's a child, and she can't consent to a contract, much less a sex act.

>> okay, renee, i've been waiting for this. i'm prepared. weigh in. >> well, nancy, he obviously committed himself as an attorney when he might have had a sit-down with his client and his client may have told him ahead of time, look, all i did was masturbate in front of the girl. so maybe he was correct. >> you know what, renee, you've been defending cases way too long. that just rolls off your tongue without even a tiny pause. okay. peter odom, give me your best shot. and while we're at it, clark, please bring me "the new york post" and the "new york daily time" articles. go ahead, peter. >> okay. well, it sounds to me, nancy, as if the prosecution's case just completely fell apart. everybody was all up in arms and falling all over themselves to put on their shiniest uniforms last week -- >> put him up. what? what fell apart? i've got in the prosecution's complaint that the defendant, lawrence taylor -- there he is down in the bottom box. he's the big one on "dancing with the stars." the defendant advised the deponent, that's the state, that he did pay the girl $300.

for what? >> well, the state originally charged him with having sex with her. and now it's pretty clear he didn't. and they're going to be falling all over themselves to think of a charge now, nancy, because they're not going to prove -- they're not going to prove intercourse. >> you know, you know, i believe you wear contacts because your vision is sorely impaired. i don't know where you're getting that their case is falling apart. back to you, ellie jostad, about the condom, what more do we know? >> well, nancy, in these interviews with "the new york post" and "the new york daily news," the girl says there was a condom used. and she goes into very graphic detail about it. she says the condom actually became stuck inside her. that she said to lawrence taylor, "i better not get pregnant," and he told her, "don't worry, i'm fixed." >> if he's fixed, then why was he using a condom? we are taking your calls live to rhonda in florida. hi, rhonda. >> caller: hi, nancy, thank you for taking my call.

i just want to say, first, that your children are edible. and i don't mean in a bad way. >> you know, they really are. i just want to eat 'em up. they are just so precious. i call him my little dumpling and her my little cookie. >> caller: oh, is that sweet? and they're coming to their own personality. i don't have any children, but i can see how -- what kind of mother you really are. honestly. >> bless you. now, what do you think about this case? what's your question, rhonda? >> caller: two parts. even if -- even if she knew about it or forced or wasn't forced, by her taking the money isn't that considered still prostitution? and isn't oral sex still considered -- we know that from clinton, isn't oral sex still considered sex? thank you. >> okay, yes, rhonda. oral sex under the statute is not considered to be a rape. but it is considered to be, in

most cases, it's a sodomy, a felony offense. to you, eleanor odom, her taking $300, he may call it prostitution, but a child cannot consent to being a prostitute, eleanor. >> and we keep saying that over and over again. and besides, prostitution's illegal. so there you have it, nancy, what he did was wrong all the way around. [ male announcer ] this is nine generations

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lawrence taylor did not have consensual sex with anybody last night. he is charged with rape. lawrence taylor did not rape anybody. am i clear? >> what was the admission of $300? >> i have no idea what that admission was. i don't know what the money was. i don't know who the admission was to, when it was, under what

circumstances it was gotten under. so we will litigate every aspect of that -- of that statement that the prosecutor's putting forth. mr. taylor is denying and preparing to fight each and every one of these charges. it's very interesting how the story started off this morning, that he was -- he had physically assaulted somebody, and that has been -- the record has been cleared, that lawrence taylor didn't assault anybody. and the record should be very clear as to what the charges are. the charges are that there was a consensual sexual act that took place here. there's no violence. there's no force. there's no threats. there's no weapons. >> you're seeing video from abc's "dancing with the stars" up in the top block. blow that up for me, rosie. i want to take a look at l.t. take down the banner, please. this is just a couple months ago. he made it nearly to the end. little did we know the nfl hall of famer was set to be charged

with a sex felony. we are taking your calls. out to dr. jake deutsch, doctor of emergency medicine, joining us from our manhattan studios. doctor, thank you for being with us. >> hi, nancy. >> doctor, what can we learn from her physical exam? obviously, there's going to be a rape kit. what does it entail? >> the rape kit is a very important piece of information in this case. because it's really going to give a smoking gun in terms of genetic information, dna evidence, from actual sperm or if there's signs of trauma. it's a meticulous examination. and the evidence is collected in a way so that there's a chain of command, and it's actually very intricate with specialized personnel who do the examination. and what they'll be doing is looking for hair fibers, any genetic information, whether it's from biological fluids, blood, semen, and then try to determine whose it was and, therefore, make a conviction or

determine if there was, first of all, rape. >> and eleanor odom, isn't it true that in cases of this nature if they have been doing the right type of processing of the scene, experts, technicians would have gone into the hotel room and combed the sheets and blankets, the pillow cases, all the upholstery in that room, and find hairs, fibers, fluids, anything to suggest that a sex act occurred? >> exactly, nancy. they'll use what we call a black light to see if it picks up any type of semen or saliva, anything like that, any type of fluids. and that can be very helpful as well. >> out to the lines. colleen, maryland, hi, dear. >> caller: hi, how are you? >> i'm good, what's your question? >> caller: well, dear, first off, i want to thank you for taking my call and for all you do to help especially the children. >> thank you for calling, colleen. >> caller: and my question or comment is, he claims there was no sexual contact at all with anyone whatsoever.

why the condom? if he were pleasuring himself, what was he afraid of? an std from his own hands? >> and another thing, if nothing happened, why the $300, colleen? what about it, peter odom? why the $300? >> well, i'll tell you what i think, nancy. i think that he probably planned on doing more than he actually did. and that's why there was a condom there. and -- >> a used condom. ah, ah. a used condom. >> so say the police reports. we'll see what actually comes up in that. but -- >> yeah. those police, they're real liars. >> he didn't bring her there for a girl scout meeting. he brought her there for sexual purposes. there was alcohol in the room. things didn't go as far as he meant them to go. >> how do you know that? there's a used rubber. there's a bottle of brandy, and she's given a sworn statement. and he tells police he paid the girl $300. >> but the friend has given a this person who gave the first sworn statement said there was

no sex. so there's reasonable doubt all over this case about whether there was actual intercourse. but the condom is easily explained away. and people use condoms, nancy, to prevent disease. >> i want to hear that. how is the condom easily explained away? put odom's face up. how? >> just because there was a condom there doesn't mean there was sex. it might mean that there was sex planned, but it doesn't mean that there was sexual intercourse. >> okay, try -- we're not dealing with the fantasy facts in peter odom's head. >> nor am i. >> we're dealing with the police report that we've got which says a used condom. now, what does that suggest to you? >> i know what police reports suggest -- police reports suggest things all the time that don't turn out to be correct. that we already know that the original report is incorrect. >> when you read it on a police report, it suggests to you that the cops are lying? >> no. that the police think it's used. and they're wrong all the time. and apparently they're wrong in this case. >> okay, not to suggest that you have experience with condoms,

peter, but why do you suppose police thought it was used? >> probably because it was in the bottom of a trash can. >> okay. hold on. i just want a moment of silence to just soak that answer in. >> nancy, police assume things all the time that don't end up being correct. just as they assumed that there was sexual intercourse here. remember how the police all put on their fancy uniforms and shined up their brass buttons to jump out in front of cameras to talk about intercourse last week? now it turns out that didn't happen. police are always saying things and assuming things in police reports that might not be corroborated. >> response, eleanor? >> well, i love to hear the defense attorney say that. but let's say, if it's there, they can test it, end of discussion. the fact is, we can't get away from it. a sex act of some kind occurred in that room. and that's what happened. and the defense attorneys don't like it. >> out to the lines. irene, tennessee, hi, irene. >> caller: hi, nancy. first of all, i would like to say that my son used you as well

as myself for a project two years ago when he was in fifth grade as both of us being his heroes. as well as the fact that your daughter, lucy elizabeth, and your beautiful son, john david, are very blessed to have you as a mother. and i now have a daughter, along with four boys. and my daughter's name is bianca elizabeth, after your loving mother, for blessing us with you for so long. what i want to say is -- >> thank you. >> caller: -- even if he's going to go with this masturbation excuse, even if he committed masturbation in the room with the 16-year-old and used her to stimulate himself, isn't that still considered rape if he did it by force? because no 16-year-old can legally consent to anything? and if memory serves me correct, he filed bankruptcy a few years back. and so he needs to be keeping his 300 bucks. he's a married man with children

of his own. and i'm sure he wouldn't want his children in this position. he should have thought about what he was doing and kept his business in his pants and kept true to his marriage and his wife. and they just need to throw the book at him. and i'm sorry. i love peter odom's opinions, and i honor his opinion, but he's just totally wrong. >> he's totally wrong. and i think he's actually making a lot of it up. but irene in tennessee, i only wish lawrence taylor had had a chat with you on the phone before he dialed up his pimp. i'd like to know how he just happened to know that phone number, irene in tennessee. response, eleanor? >> well, you've got to remember, nancy, it's at least child molestation, even if it was just the masturbatory act. that is child molestation because of the age of the victim. >> we are taking your calls. to brandy in michigan. hi, brandy. >> caller: hi, nancy, how are

you? >> i'm good, dear. what's your question? >> caller: i just wanted to say that i love you and i love your show. i watch it every night. and god bless you and your family. but my question is, this goes about the unknown person. how do they know that this unknown source isn't being set up to say that the young lady -- >> you know what, brandy? we don't know. all i know about her is she was a stripper or is a stripper. i don't know if she's been paid off. i don't know if this is a setup. but i do know what the 16-year-old told police. i know police have gotten the text message she sent to her uncle begging for help. and i know that they found a used condom in the room. reportedly. that's what i know. i also know lawrence taylor from "dancing with the stars" admits he paid the girl $300. and i know she was under age. as we go to break, a special thank you to facebook crime fighters california friend eve, a mom to beautiful 4-year-old triplets.

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gaue grmatains heyesy.rc g a charter school teacher has been fired after video on the news. >> hitting and kicking and pulling the student along the floor. >> once we saw the video there was no doubt the teacher would be terminated and she was terminated last night. >> a fellow student took the video which allegedly shows davis dragging the 13-year-old boy by his legs slapping and kicking him and slamming his head against the wall. >> local affiliates report the school has been cited by noncompliance dozens of times. the report said the school had failed to fix many of the problems it had been cited for. >> fellow students say there were other teachers in the classroom who did nothing. the harris county sheriff's office is investigating the

incident. >> look at the little boy cringing. this is a sixth grader the teacher is beating. and if reports are true, other teachers stood by and watched it. i can hardly stand to look at it. kicking, beating. and the way she approached him, she looked like she was a professional wrestler. to erica mellon, reporter with "the houston chronicle," what happened? >> hi, nancy. it all started with a cell phone camera. you had a student in class who was filming while the teacher is seen beating up this 13-year-old boy in a classroom for more than a minute. and the school did confirm for me this afternoon that yes, another teacher was, in fact, in the room, and disciplinary action is pending against that teacher. >> you know what, sheryl mccollum, you're the director of the cold case squad. pine lake pd. you know what?

if somebody ever touches the twins like that, you're going to have to lock me in the house to keep me from going after them. >> no question. no question. >> why isn't this teacher behind bars? forget suspending her. >> there's no excuse. >> what is going on in that jurisdiction? why isn't she behind bars? >> nancy, they've got the best evidence in the world right there. none of us can hardly stand to watch this. and you're absolutely right. for most parents that are going to be watching this tonight, the best thing for her, the best place for her is in jail. that's where she's going to be the safest. >> hey, word to houston pd. what are you waiting on? you've got it on video. we repeat in about an hour. you can tape us, and you can take it to the judge for an arrest warrant. what are they waiting for, eleanor odom? >> who knows? because it's clear as day, nancy. you can see exactly what she's doing. this is cruelty to children.

this is aggravated assault. as a prosecutor of crimes against women and children, i am horrified. >> a teacher. look at that. the little boy's just trying to cover himself up. this is a charter school with -- for children with problems. and i would say this kid's biggest problem is his teacher. out to the lines. anita, kentucky, hi, anita. >> caller: fine, how are you? >> i'm good, dear, what's your question? >> caller: i would like to know what caused her to do this and if she has been drug tested? >> you know what? because she seems like she's on steroids. what can you tell me, matt zarrell? >> nancy, this happened over nothing. apparently the kids had just finished taking a standardized test. one of the 13-year-old girls in the class was dancing around. and this victim was just laughing at her. everything was going fine. and all a sudden the teacher comes up and says you're going to make fun of her, i'm going to show you something. >> lunged, punched, beated,

threw a desk away, and grabbed the little boy, the sixth-grade boy, dragging him across the floor. to dr. jake deutsch, doctor, emergency medicine, what do you think about this? >> i think there's a potential for some serious trauma here, nancy. that kid was thrown to the ground. which looks like it was pretty hard. there was clearly a point where his neck was pinned against the wall in a very bent position. i'm thinking there could have been head trauma, bleeding, at least concussion. certainly broken bones. specifically in the neck. i would be very worried about causing things like being paralyzed. and then the kicking to the abdomen. you're talking about blunt force trauma to the liver, the spleen. all of which could have been fatal. i hope that that's not the case. it seems the kid only had minor injuries. but this teacher is out of control and definitely needs to be reprimanded. >> renee rockwell, peter odom, defense attorneys, let's hear your best defense for her. renee? >> who's it to, nancy? to me? first of all, how are you going to just contest any of that? the only thing i can say and

comment on is because there was another teacher in the room, nancy, that one's in trouble also. while it's not required for anybody -- >> you know what? you two really beat all, when it's convenient to you, you start talking prosecution. but then when you don't like it you suddenly flip back to a defense attorney. >> what are you going to -- >> i asked you for her defense. i don't know. you usually come up with something. >> what she's going to do is go in there -- obviously, she's not going to go to trial. this is damage control. was i stressed out? was i crazy? was i on drugs? this is an aggravated assault, nancy. no weapon but the wall. >> you're giving me such a wide palette of choices. i'm sure peter -- okay, bethany, bethany -- >> what i'm trying to say is, she's going to take a plea on this. >> well, that sure took a long time to say it. weigh in, bethany. >> you know, i can't stop staring at this video. what really strikes me is she's so masculine identified like she's a male.

and she's punching at this child, almost like she imagines he's another adult, which is what you see with child abuse. they blur the boundaries between what it means to be an adult and what it means to be a child. and also, if you take an anger management perspective, the smallest thing sets off the person with an anger management problem. the smallest thing makes them feel hurt, attacked, and then they completely go on the attack. and i think this woman has long-standing simmering rage towards these children, which really worries me. and it's just spilled over at this particular time. >> everyone, quick break. we are taking your calls live. but tonight, congratulations to super star naomi goldstein. graduating wharton business school this weekend. and to all of her fellow wharton grads, break a leg. th progressi, you get the option to name your price. is that even possible? uh, absolutely. trade? and i still get great service? more like super great.

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