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LT touchdown dances away from sex suit claims

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(Photos: Steven Hirsch)

SHAMELESS: Ex-Giants star Lawrence Taylor (left), despite his guilt on criminal charges, fires up a victory cigar yesterday after beating a civil suit by onetime prostitute Cristina Fierro (right). (
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Lawrence Taylor scored a giant courtroom victory yesterday — winning the sensational sex lawsuit brought against him by a teen girl.

The legendary Giants linebacker shouted “Whoooeee!” and lighted up a cigar outside a Manhattan federal courtroom after a jury sacked allegations that he brutally forced a 16-year-old girl into a sleazy hotel-room sex romp in 2010.

The jurors took only 50 minutes to rule in Taylor’s favor.

LT was so happy, he signed his autograph on his verdict sheet for his lawyer, Arthur Aidala, along with “HOF 99,” in reference to the year he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

“There’s a lot of lessons learned here,” Taylor said outside court. “We’re not in the ’80s or the ’90s. It’s a different world, and you have to govern yourself accordingly.”

The 260-pound Taylor then grew introspective and talked about his accuser, Cristina Fierro, now 19.

“I feel for what she’s gone through. I wasn’t a bad person. I could have helped her,” he said. “I hope the best for her. Now, it’s time to go back and concentrate on my own broken life.”

Fierro was allegedly beaten and forced to meet Taylor, 53, in a Westchester motel room by a pimp named Rasheed Davis, who was paid $300 for the gig.

Taylor was sentenced last year to six years’ probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges of sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute. Fierro filed a federal civil suit against the retired NFL great seeking unspecified monetary damages, claiming he strong-armed her into sex. But after a weeklong trial, jurors concluded that the sex was consensual.

“It all came down to what happened in Room 160,” said a member of the panel, a 43-year-old Westchester engineer who asked not to be identified by name.

“She gave her consent by removing her clothes and allowing penetration,” he said. “There was no clear point where we thought Mr. Taylor should have stopped.”

The juror said that once the deliberations started, Fierro’s case never had a chance of winning because several of the panel members were already convinced that LT was innocent.

“I was one of the more moderate ones,” he said. “Some of the other jurors wanted to go in five minutes!”

After the crushing verdict, Fierro wept on her lawyer’s shoulder. Later, she tried to keep a brave face.

“I’m proud of myself,” she told The Post. “I wanted to win for the other girls out there to tell them not to let men walk all over them.”

She said she would concentrate with getting on with her life

“I’m married now so I’ll just focus on that. I want a family in the future,” she said.

Despite the victory, the trial proved to be an embarrassment for Taylor, who was forced to described his sexual encounter with Fierro in detail, including the fact that he could only perform for a “a couple minutes.”