Marvell Scott Charged with Raping Young Hooker
A Manhattan grand jury has indicted former WABC sportscaster Marvell Scott for allegedly raping a 14-year-old prostitute in apartment in 2008, said New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.
Scott, 36, faces charges of rape, patronizing a hooker, and child endangerment.
The D.A.’s office announced Scott met with a manin the West Side on June 5, 2008, and paid him to bring two young girls, ages 14 and 16, up to his apartment on West 47th Street.
Then Scott had sex using the 14-year-old girl in the bedroom, according to the D.A., citing a legal court documents. The older girl was also in the room.
Scott turned himself to the D.A.’s office Tuesday morning. He appeared before a judge and pleaded not guilty.
His lawyer said that the charges aren’t true, understanding that Scott is cooperating with prosecutors and investigators.
The NYPD declared that the 14-year-old is often a runaway who was trying to make some quick cash.
Scott, a medical professional who focuses on sports medicine, abruptly left WABC in April 2009 saying he was on vacation, according to the Daily News. He never returned and later said he would definitely focus on his medical practice.
The indictment charged Scott with rape inside the second degree, a class-D felony; patronizing a prostitute in the third degree, a class-A misdemeanor, and endangering the welfare of the child, a class-A misdemeanor, the D.A.’s office said. A class-D felony is punishable by 2-1/3 to 7 years in prison along with a class-A misdemeanor is punishable by close to 1 year in jail.
