Lawrence Taylor's rape defense: pleasured himself only

The disgraced Giants great will use masturbation as his defense against charges that he raped a teenage prostitute, as told by sources to gossip website TMZ.com as well as The New York Post.

Also, a source told The Post in remarks published Wednesday that the teen prostitute bragged to a friend about making "easy money" because "I didn't even have to f*** him."

Rape charges
The former New York Giants linebacker, known as ‘LT’, was arrested last Thursday (May 6) in New York after the police were notified that a girl had been brought to Taylor’s hotel room against her will by a man.

During the session, Taylor's condom "got stuck inside," she told The News. "He had to put his fingers inside me to get it out."

The police then went to Taylor’s room at the Holiday Inn Suffern, in Montebello, and arrested him without incident just before 4 a.m. The 51-year-old allegedly paid $300 to have sex with the underage girl.

He has been charged with third-degree rape and soliciting prostitution in the case.

Taylor didn’t have sex; only pleasured himself
Now, a source told The Post that the girl who hooked up with the athlete in his hotel room told the friend that the athlete only pleasured himself and didn't have sex with her.

The hooker told the pal that Taylor was merely engaged in masturbation before paying her $300 -- not oral sex or sexual intercourse, a requirement for 3rd degree rape.

The pal, a stripper who lived with the prostitute, has given a sworn statement to investigators, saying: "She starts explaining that it was weird because she didn't even have sex."

"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."

If the friend’s no-sex account goes true, the source told The Post it could buttress Taylor's defense against statutory rape charges, which could send him to jail for up to four years.

Taylor to use masturbation as his defense
The NFL Great, who has denied having intercourse with the 16-year-old in a Rockland County hotel, will reportedly use masturbation as his defense against charges that he raped the Bronx teen, reports The Post.

The Giants legend will have his lawyer argue that he engaged in a "masturbatory act" and did not have sexual intercourse with the teenage girl, TMZ reported.

A condom was found in Taylor's hotel room, which is undergoing forensic testing.

But sources told TMZ that his lawyers will argue the condom wasn't his and he didn't use it.

Meanwhile, the alleged victim has told the New York Daily News she "definitely had intercourse" with Taylor, no matter what the friend or the football pro say.

In an interview with The News, the teen said: "If he's saying we didn't, that's not true," further insisting a condom was used, but it broke during sex.

During the session, Taylor's condom "got stuck inside," she told The News. "He had to put his fingers inside me to get it out."

"He paid me $300 cash to have sex with him," she said. "I got it over with as quickly as I could. Afterward, all he said was turn off the TV before you leave."

About the pro footballer and his troubled past
Taylor is a retired Hall of Fame American football player who played 13 seasons with the New York Giants from 1981 until 1993. He played his entire professional career as a linebacker for the Giants in the National Football League (NFL).

Taylor was a member of two Super Bowl championship teams and was the NFL's MVP in 1986. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1999.

The football great has had legal problems in the past, including multiple arrests on drug-related charges.

In 2001, Taylor was convicted of possessing drug paraphernalia in New Jersey. The conviction drew from the September 1998 case when authorities discovered a butane torch and other materials commonly used to smoke crack in his hotel room.

In 1996 and 1997, he was arrested in South Carolina and Florida, respectively, on drug charges.

In November 2009, he was accused of leaving the scene of an accident in Florida.

Taylor is currently free on $75,000 bail and will next appear in court on June 10.