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Olympic Medalist Facing Child Sex Charge

Monday January 17, 2005
Angelo Taylor, a two-time Olympic gold medalist track star, has been arrested for child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes after Decatur, Georgia police say they found him having sex with a 15-year-old girl in a parked car. Taylor won gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles and 4x400 relay events at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Comments

June 11, 2006 at 7:50 pm
(1) Ebony Tindle says:

Mr.Taylor is my friend and if that girl did not want to have sex she wouldn’t have but I guess she did and I bet you she looked like she was 25. Hello the guy is a gold medalist he could have any bodl he wants. Mr. Taylor is my friend and he will always be my friend no matter how the public eyes see him Love, a friend forever Ebony Tindle

June 11, 2006 at 7:53 pm
(2) Ebony tINDLE says:

By the way who ever got this article up here should be ashame. You need to find out the real truth before posting it on the internet I bet you didn’t even talk to Mr. Taylor you damn reporters

June 29, 2008 at 7:31 pm
(3) Poulette says:

Angelo Taylor is a pedophile and a child molester. Why shouldn’t it be available as public knowledge? The law is there for a reason, to prevent pedophiles like Angelo Taylor from taking advantage of young girls who are not mature enough to make decisions on who they have sex with.

July 24, 2008 at 11:55 am
(4) jax says:

What is up with these adults having sex with a kid? It just shows how perverted and wicked our society has become. Then there are these dumb people who want to justify their actions. “Oh, deangelo is my friend, I stand behind him.” “Oh, r kelly makes good music, i love him.” Just dumb and stupid.

July 30, 2008 at 11:41 am
(5) Belle says:

Well, that is the reality with some people. Just because they know a person (or at least they think they do) does not neccessarily justify their actions. Anybody could be nice in front of others, esp to those around them. Do you think he would just come up to you even as a friend and announce, “hey, i like having sex with underage kids!”? I don’t think so. And please don’t even put the blame on the kids. It’s like you’re saying that girls who are wearing a short mini skirt is always ‘asking for it’. Sexual child predators ALWAYS have a way of manipulating or intimidating kids into doing what they want. And kids, are too naive to make decisions for themselves.

July 30, 2008 at 6:57 pm
(6) wolf says:

I think the age of consent in GA was 14 and you could get married nobody said any thing GA MUST HAVE CHANGED RINGGOLD WAS THE PLACE I drove a lot of fokes there FROM TENN BLOOD TEST AND I DO there are a lot young gals out there turning tricks if you think there to young keep it in your pants or a safe place I leave mine on the refrigerator

August 3, 2008 at 12:56 pm
(7) Joe says:

I wonder if those of you supporting him would feel the same if he slept with your 15 year old daughter or relative? He’s a worldly and successful adult, he should not be having sex with a 15 year old. As an adult I’m sure he’s more than capable of avoiding girls ‘turning tricks’. Oh, and he’s an idiot. Don’t have sex in a car if you don’t want to get caught.

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