What was Ex-WABC sportscaster Marvell Scott charged with?”
Former sportscaster Marvell Scott was charged Tuesday with raping a 14-year-old in his Manhattan apartment – while her 16-year-old pal looked on. Prosecutors said the former WABC/Ch. 7 personality cut a deal with a pimp in Times Square on June 5, 2008, and then took both girls to his W. 47th St. pad. He allegedly raped the 14-year-old – a runaway who had met the pimp only hours before – in his bedroom. He was charged with second-degree rape, patronizing a prostitute and endangering the welfare of a child and faces up to seven years in prison if convicted. Scott worked at Ch. 7 as a weekend sportscaster until last April when he suddenly disappeared from the station. The move stunned insiders because he’d taken a vacation just as the May ratings period was to start, a highly unusual move in TV news. “I’m taking some time off,” Scott told the News at the time. “Everything is fine.” Scott said he would return to the station, but never did. In June, he told the News he was leaving TV to foc
Former WABC/Ch. 7 sportscaster Marvell Scott has been charged with raping a 14-year-old, officials said. Scott was in custody and due to appear in a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday afternoon for arraignment. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly confirmed that he was accused of raping a teen but gave no other details. WCBS/Ch. 2 reported the victim was a hooker – and that Scott’s lawyer claims he’s the victim of a shakedown.
