NEW YORK – from www.philly.com – Disgraced gridiron great Lawrence Taylor admitted paying for sex at a suburban Holiday Inn, where police say he raped a 16-year-old runaway, federal prosecutors said Friday in a criminal complaint against the girl’s alleged pimp.

The papers filed in federal court in Manhattan refer to Taylor only as “Client-1.”

In the paperwork, authorities claim the Pro Football Hall of Famer told police following his arrest on Thursday that he had taken a car service from Newark International Airport to the hotel north of New York City to meet “Victim-1.”

Taylor told investigators that after “engaging in sex acts” with the victim, he paid her $300 in cash, the complaint says. The man charged in the complaint, Rasheed Davis, had told the Giants legend that the girl was 19, the court papers say.

Taylor, 51, was charged Thursday in Suffern, N.Y., with third-degree rape and patronizing a prostitute. His lawyer, Arthur Aidala [pictured with Taylor], has denied the charges.

A federal magistrate ordered Davis held without bail after prosecutors said they suspect the defendant forced other young women into prostitution.

Davis, if free, would be an “extreme danger to the community” since authorities “haven’t yet identified all the victims who are out there,” said prosecutor Amanda Kramer.

The girl, who was reported missing by her family in March, met Davis at a Bronx bus stop two to three weeks ago. The federal complaint says she told investigators that the 36-year-old parolee offered her a place to live and a way to make money.

In her account, prosecutors said, the girl said Davis gave her the drug ecstasy and marijuana before making her do “exotic dancing” and “engage in multiple commercial sex acts” for prices ranging from $80 to $150. He advertised her services by sending cell-phone photos of her and posting ads on Web sites, the complaint says.

On Wednesday, Davis sent the girl a text message in which he said he wanted her to have sex with “Client-1” for $300, the complaint says. When she refused, Davis began threatening with text messages, prosecutors said.

The complaint said Davis later beat up the victim, drove her to the hotel against her will, and waited outside for an hour while she had sex with Taylor.

Authorities found notebooks in the home where Davis kept “customers information,” Kramer said.

Police believe Taylor used a middleman to arrange the liaison but said Friday they hadn’t identified that person.