Buffalo Bills first-round rookie Maxwell Hairston has been accused of sexually assaulting an Ohio woman in 2021 during his time at the University of Kentucky and is being sued.
The Bills selected Hairston at No. 30 overall at the 2025 NFL draft. Hairston’s past in this area was previously known but Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane had addressed it after the draft.
“We fully investigated that,” Beane said. “It doesn’t seem to be anything there.”
Beane added that Hairston was willing to do a polygraph test prior the to draft.
An Ohio woman has sued Buffalo Bills first-round draft pick Maxwell Hairston, accusing him of sexually assaulting her in 2021 when they both attended the University of Kentucky.
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ESPN explained the allegations against Hairston:
According to the lawsuit, filed Tuesday, Hairston met the woman, who identified herself as Rebecca Hendryx, in early 2021 when they were living in the same dorm.
That March, the lawsuit alleges, Hairston went to Hendryx’s room without being invited and followed her into her room after she declined to hang out with him. After Hendryx “[expressed] … her non-interest in engaging in sexual intercourse with him several times,” Hairston “forcefully removed” her pajama shorts and sexually assaulted her, according to the lawsuit.
Per ESPN, the Bills decline comment.
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