Maxwell Hairston named in civil lawsuit for sexual assault

[Just Jack]

3 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:

Credible media outlets reported that she posted the report on her social media

 

Here's a FB post she made back in 2022

 

 Rebecca Hendryx - After a year of being silenced while this case... | Facebook

 

[WotAGuy]

41 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

you read incorrectly, but anyway…

 

help me out—since you brought naïveté, Why would a lawyer agree to take a case on contingency fee basis without asking the client any basic questions at all? 
 

 

 

What does that have to do with my asking of there is any documentation of her reporting to the police or going to the hospital?  
 

It’s rhetorical; it has nothing to do with it.

 

You are just being your usual argumentative ego-driven self.  Happy 4th!  

[Delete_Delete_Delete]

19 minutes ago, Just Jack said:

 

Here's a FB post she made back in 2022

 

 Rebecca Hendryx - After a year of being silenced while this case... | Facebook

 

Again, we’ll never know what happened between the two, but it certainly doesn’t seem like an orchestrated extortion put in to motion 4 years ago… I’ll reserve my judgement but her words sure feel authentic. 

 

Edited July 5 by Delete_Delete_Delete

[Sierra Foothills]

4 hours ago, Just Jack said:

Here's a FB post she made back in 2022

 

 Rebecca Hendryx - After a year of being silenced while this case... | Facebook

 

For the click averse, below is the original Facebook post from exactly one year after the incident:

 

Rebecca Hendryx

March 25, 2022

After a year of being silenced while this case was ongoing, I’m here a year later standing up for myself, bringing the broken system to light, and sharing the most vulnerable story of myself. March 25, 2021 I was raped in my own dorm room by a boy I had only met once before, a boy who was an early enrollee and had only been on campus for 8 weeks, a boy who was and STILL IS an active member on the University of Kentucky's Football team. The past twelve months have been exhausting, humiliating, and beyond frustrating. I've had to do things that I hope and pray no other 19-year-old goes through, but unfortunately, I know they will. Throughout this year-long process I have been forced to recount my story dozens of times, further deepening the trauma into my mind. I have been questioned about my choices, my response to the assault, and have been made to believe that I somehow asked for this.

There is no right way to “act” or respond when you’re being assaulted, or the long days that follow.

Although there is no right answer, I did everything I believed was right, everything I had been taught was the “right” thing to do if faced with such circumstances. I stayed up all night immediately following the incident making sure I did everything to “protect” myself in a hope of holding my assaulter accountable. I contacted officers, friends, and family to make them aware of what happened. I immediately went to the University of Kentucky hospital and spent hours therel having an extremely invasive exam done on my body.

I was escorted by police straight from the hospital to the Lexington Courthouse to file an emergency protective order against the perpetrator, which was granted. I was then met at my dorm room by three detectives who took fingerprints and photos from my room, but this was just the beginning.

I then hired an attorney and began fighting for justice and protection. After a Fayette County Judge heard my testimony (and my perpetrator was given the opportunity to do the same) I was granted an order of protection for the next 3 years. I was hopeful. Hopeful that people would hear me, believe me, and fight for me. I was hopeful that I would be actively protecting other victims of sexual assault by my own story and trauma.

That hope was met with dead ends at every turn. I was told criminal charges would not be brought because there wasn’t “force.” Meaning because I didn’t physically fight back, there was no hope of accountability.

My next hope was a Title IX hearing with the University of Kentucky. I was fully prepared for another disappointment, but I wanted to keep going. After giving testimony about my story, having my friends give their testimony about the story and letting my perpetrator do the same, I felt hopeful again for the first time in months. My case was devastatingly clear. I thought a small sliver of justice may be served. But once again, I was let down.

Despite an audio recording I secretly filmed immediately following the incident where he never denied the fact I told him multiple times I did not want to have sex, and that he forced it, the SANE kit from the hospital, the dm’s between myself and the perpetrator, and the witnesses I provided, the law turned their cheek. I was given a choice and chance to file a lawsuit against the perpetrator, but money was never the solution.

I want people to know the disgusting truth of what it looks like to be ignored, made “at fault”, and let down by the system that is supposed to protect individuals against sexual assault. I’ve been abandoned and left to fight on my own by the University of Kentucky, Title IX UK, and mostly the detectives, police, and law. If perpetrators are not held accountable it is clear that it will inevitably happen again.

There needs to be change. College athletes need to be held accountable for their actions regardless of the status that they have. Change cannot happen when victims of rape are being silenced and belittled everday.

The heartbreaking fact of the matter is that athletes are valuable to the school and the University will invest in attorneys, scholarships, and time into anything to make sure they’re protected. The University is alternatively willing to turn a blind eye to events that happen to non-athletes, especially women who are victims of sexual assault.

Thank you to my family, attorneys, and friends for loving me and supporting me through the hardest year of my life.

[Mr. WEO]

8 hours ago, WotAGuy said:

What does that have to do with my asking of there is any documentation of her reporting to the police or going to the hospital?  
 

It’s rhetorical; it has nothing to do with it.

 

You are just being your usual argumentative ego-driven self.  Happy 4th!  

 

you said I was "naive" about lawyers.  how so?

4 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

For the click averse, below is the original Facebook post from exactly one year after the incident:

 

Rebecca Hendryx

March 25, 2022

After a year of being silenced while this case was ongoing, I’m here a year later standing up for myself, bringing the broken system to light, and sharing the most vulnerable story of myself. March 25, 2021 I was raped in my own dorm room by a boy I had only met once before, a boy who was an early enrollee and had only been on campus for 8 weeks, a boy who was and STILL IS an active member on the University of Kentucky's Football team. The past twelve months have been exhausting, humiliating, and beyond frustrating. I've had to do things that I hope and pray no other 19-year-old goes through, but unfortunately, I know they will. Throughout this year-long process I have been forced to recount my story dozens of times, further deepening the trauma into my mind. I have been questioned about my choices, my response to the assault, and have been made to believe that I somehow asked for this.

There is no right way to “act” or respond when you’re being assaulted, or the long days that follow.

Although there is no right answer, I did everything I believed was right, everything I had been taught was the “right” thing to do if faced with such circumstances. I stayed up all night immediately following the incident making sure I did everything to “protect” myself in a hope of holding my assaulter accountable. I contacted officers, friends, and family to make them aware of what happened. I immediately went to the University of Kentucky hospital and spent hours therel having an extremely invasive exam done on my body.

I was escorted by police straight from the hospital to the Lexington Courthouse to file an emergency protective order against the perpetrator, which was granted. I was then met at my dorm room by three detectives who took fingerprints and photos from my room, but this was just the beginning.

I then hired an attorney and began fighting for justice and protection. After a Fayette County Judge heard my testimony (and my perpetrator was given the opportunity to do the same) I was granted an order of protection for the next 3 years. I was hopeful. Hopeful that people would hear me, believe me, and fight for me. I was hopeful that I would be actively protecting other victims of sexual assault by my own story and trauma.

That hope was met with dead ends at every turn. I was told criminal charges would not be brought because there wasn’t “force.” Meaning because I didn’t physically fight back, there was no hope of accountability.

My next hope was a Title IX hearing with the University of Kentucky. I was fully prepared for another disappointment, but I wanted to keep going. After giving testimony about my story, having my friends give their testimony about the story and letting my perpetrator do the same, I felt hopeful again for the first time in months. My case was devastatingly clear. I thought a small sliver of justice may be served. But once again, I was let down.

Despite an audio recording I secretly filmed immediately following the incident where he never denied the fact I told him multiple times I did not want to have sex, and that he forced it, the SANE kit from the hospital, the dm’s between myself and the perpetrator, and the witnesses I provided, the law turned their cheek. I was given a choice and chance to file a lawsuit against the perpetrator, but money was never the solution.

I want people to know the disgusting truth of what it looks like to be ignored, made “at fault”, and let down by the system that is supposed to protect individuals against sexual assault. I’ve been abandoned and left to fight on my own by the University of Kentucky, Title IX UK, and mostly the detectives, police, and law. If perpetrators are not held accountable it is clear that it will inevitably happen again.

There needs to be change. College athletes need to be held accountable for their actions regardless of the status that they have. Change cannot happen when victims of rape are being silenced and belittled everday.

The heartbreaking fact of the matter is that athletes are valuable to the school and the University will invest in attorneys, scholarships, and time into anything to make sure they’re protected. The University is alternatively willing to turn a blind eye to events that happen to non-athletes, especially women who are victims of sexual assault.

Thank you to my family, attorneys, and friends for loving me and supporting me through the hardest year of my life.

 

for anyone who still in't sure...

[Billl]

It’s about as credible as an accusation can be without any concrete evidence.  She did everything that could possibly have been done in the immediate aftermath, and she has continued to speak out about it for years since then.  Doesn’t mean it happened, but this doesn’t sound like a money grab to me.

[Augie]

2 hours ago, Billl said:

It’s about as credible as an accusation can be without any concrete evidence.  She did everything that could possibly have been done in the immediate aftermath, and she has continued to speak out about it for years since then.  Doesn’t mean it happened, but this doesn’t sound like a money grab to me.

 

I think they both have independent and honest versions in their minds of what happened, and they are not identical. This is tricky and messy stuff. I don’t think either party thinks they are lying. 

 

 

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Edited July 5 by Augie

[WotAGuy]

14 hours ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

you said I was "naive" about lawyers.  how so?

 

 

Sir, rather than focus on your shortcomings, enjoy this beautiful weekend with your family. 

 

I too am an egomaniac with an inferiority complex. How did I come to understand that you ask? 

Well, I would take an innocuous question that my grandchildren would ask, and make my response into an accusation about some ridiculous, unrelated issue. So ridiculous, that no one would counter that argument. However, I would do it in such a demeaning, condescending way that would feed on their insecurities and cause them to not only engage in the argument, but defend the ridiculous accusation.  Then I would obviously win the argument and therefore feel better about myself. This was repeated over and over. I alienated everyone around me. 

 

Once this was brought to my attention in a sweat lodge at an ayahuasca retreat at Aaron Rodgers’ home, I understood I needed to change. 

 

So, hug your children and contact Aaron Rodgers before the season starts.  He’s running the final retreat during training camp, I believe.

 

 

Edited July 6 by WotAGuy

[notpolian]

1 hour ago, Billl said:

It’s about as credible as an accusation can be without any concrete evidence.  She did everything that could possibly have been done in the immediate aftermath, and she has continued to speak out about it for years since then.  Doesn’t mean it happened, but this doesn’t sound like a money grab to me.

Agreed.  As the father of two daughters, you got to work hard to make sure they stay out of any questionable situation.  Then kick them in the nuts really hard and run if it comes to that.

 

Yet another dose of due diligence at OBD.

[Mike in Horseheads]

24 minutes ago, notpolian said:

Agreed.  As the father of two daughters, you got to work hard to make sure they stay out of any questionable situation.  Then kick them in the nuts really hard and run if it comes to that.

 

Yet another dose of due diligence at OBD.

Your going to kick your two daughters in the nuts?

[WotAGuy]

27 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Your going to kick your two daughters in the nuts?

Lia Thomas has entered the chat. 

[EasternOHBillsFan]

After the whole Araiza circus, these kinds of situations shouldn't be out there for the public to decipher. I learned my lesson and I'm just staying TH out of these kinds of fights.

[SoCal Deek]

I don’t think anyone can judge the situation between the girl and Mad Max. But I do have wonder why the Bills took the plunge seeing as how they knew all about it. It’s not like he’s a sixth round punter. If this goes bad, it’s a helluva public relations nightmare. 

[Mr. WEO]

2 hours ago, WotAGuy said:

Sir, rather than focus on your shortcomings, enjoy this beautiful weekend with your family. 

 

I too am an egomaniac with an inferiority complex. How did I come to understand that you ask? 

Well, I would take an innocuous question that my grandchildren would ask, and make my response into an accusation about some ridiculous, unrelated issue. So ridiculous, that no one would counter that argument. However, I would do it in such a demeaning, condescending way that would feed on their insecurities and cause them to not only engage in the argument, but defend the ridiculous accusation.  Then I would obviously win the argument and therefore feel better about myself. This was repeated over and over. I alienated everyone around me. 

 

Once this was brought to my attention in a sweat lodge at an ayahuasca retreat at Aaron Rodgers’ home, I understood I needed to change. 

 

So, hug your children and contact Aaron Rodgers before the season starts.  He’s running the final retreat during training came, I believe

Understand the pool depth before diving in…

 

Cheers and enjoy the long weekend 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

51 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

I don’t think anyone can judge the situation between the girl and Mad Max. But I do have wonder why the Bills took the plunge seeing as how they knew all about it. It’s not like he’s a sixth round punter. If this goes bad, it’s a helluva public relations nightmare. 

agreed. The Bills are pretty naive if they thought that the Araiza and Hairston situations wouldn’t mature into lawsuits and PR issues. Neither guy was a “must have” player too. 

[Dr. Who]

1 hour ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

agreed. The Bills are pretty naive if they thought that the Araiza and Hairston situations wouldn’t mature into lawsuits and PR issues. Neither guy was a “must have” player too. 

Fortunately, its not like we're going to be on Hard Knocks or anything.

[Pete]

6 hours ago, Billl said:

It’s about as credible as an accusation can be without any concrete evidence.  She did everything that could possibly have been done in the immediate aftermath, and she has continued to speak out about it for years since then.  Doesn’t mean it happened, but this doesn’t sound like a money grab to me.

I agree.  But how come they dropped the case?

[Sierra Foothills]

54 minutes ago, Pete said:

I agree.  But how come they dropped the case?

 

Let me point out what was posted two pages ago...

 

On 7/4/2025 at 2:20 PM, Delete_Delete_Delete said:

Food for thought, quick google search says about 7 in 1000 rapes actually results in a conviction. 
 

Also, estimates suggest 1 in 6 women have been a victim of SA, or attempted SA. Think about how many women y’all have in your lives, and do the math. Then think about how you’d want them to be treated, considering how incredibly hard it is to get a criminal conviction on SA even when it is reported.

Approximately 28% of SA are actually reported to authorities and this trickles down to a paltry (less than) FOUR % conviction rate according to NBC news as of this year…
 

So all these people speaking in absolutes about her “money grabbing” or whatever, stuff like that is part of the reason a large number of these crimes go unreported in the first place, immediate victim shaming without having ANY details. Best to just have no opinion rather swerve way outside your lane recklessly. Nobody knows the accuser, knows the situation, and you wouldn’t give a flying 747 about any of it, if the guy didn’t have a bleeding buffalo on the side of his helmet.

 

 

[SoCal Deek]

8 hours ago, Billl said:

It’s about as credible as an accusation can be without any concrete evidence.  She did everything that could possibly have been done in the immediate aftermath, and she has continued to speak out about it for years since then.  Doesn’t mean it happened, but this doesn’t sound like a money grab to me.

A civil suit is at its very essence, a money grab. That doesn’t mean the incident didn’t occur but the remedy being sought is in fact, money. 

[Sierra Foothills]

28 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

A civil suit is at its very essence, a money grab. That doesn’t mean the incident didn’t occur but the remedy being sought is in fact, money. 

 

Actually, No.

 

A civil suit is not "at its essence" a money grab.

 

noun. plural money grabs. : the greedy pursuit of an opportunity for making money especially when done without regard for ethics, concerns, or consequences : cash grab. If he had sold out and made a money grab, much of what he stands for would have been diminished.

 

The essence of a money grab is that it is an unscrupulous act.

 

Edited July 5 by Sierra Foothills