Madison Brooks judge faces heat after docs reveal her son is sexual predator, suspect says shes on our side
The judge overseeing the cases against the men accused of gang-raping LSU student Madison Brooks before her death has a son of her own who is a convicted sexual predator, records show.One of the men accused of raping Brooks before her death is set to stand trial on Aug.17, when 21-year-old Desmond Carter faces a jury, with Judge Gail Ray presiding over the case.
Carter is the first of three suspects in Brooks' alleged attack to stand trial.Brooks, a 19-year-old LSU student at the time, was allegedly gang-raped after a night out in 2023, then struck and killed by a car.Court records reviewed by Fox News Digital show that the judge's son, 46-year-old Nelson Taylor, was convicted of several counts of forcible rape in 1997.Taylor is currently trying to get those convictions overturned, creating a debacle between the district attorney's office and the 19th Judicial District Court, as his mother is a sitting judge.JUDGE ALLOWS MADISON BROOKS SUPPORTERS TO WEAR PINK DESPITE DEFENSE OBJECTIONS BEFORE RAPE TRIALMadison Brooks, left, died in 2023 after an alleged gang rape.
Judge Gail Ray, right, is presiding over the cases against the accused men.(Ashley Baustert and 19th Judicial District Court)Taylor admitted to raping several girls who went to high school with him between October 1995 and April 1996.All judges within the 19th Judicial District Court recused themselves from the case in December 2025.
Taylor's attorney filed a motion to have the convictions overturned in a November 2025 motion.While the motion was filed in November, the conflicts of interest prevented it from being heard by a judge until late July.District Attorney Hillar Moore, who's prosecuting the men accused of raping Brooks, filed a motion to recuse Ray from presiding over the state's case against Casen Carver, whose trial is set to begin in November.
Carver is charged with video voyeurism, first-degree rape and third-degree rape.WATCH: Madison Brooks case: Nancy Grace previews exclusive new Fox Na...