‘According to the law firm, the civil lawsuit brings, “claims of sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress and seeks both compensatory and punitive damages for the harm our client has endured.”’
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Bills first-round pick Maxwell Hairston faces lawsuit alleging sexual assault
‘The woman, who reported the incident to law enforcement and eventually transferred out of the university, is also suing for intentional infliction of emotional distress.’
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‘Buffalo brought back veteran free agents Tre’Davious White and Dane Jackson after one-year departures.’
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‘The Bills were aware of a Title IX investigation into the incident, according to general manager Brandon Beane. After the Bills drafted Hairston in the first round of April’s draft, Beane said the Bills did their own investigation.’
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‘The case comes from when Hairston was a student at the University of Kentucky and was filed by Bryant Law Center and Meyers & Flowers, based in Kentucky.’
Buffalo Bills first round pick Maxwell Hairston accused of sexual assault
‘Hairston has not publicly responded to the suit. Bills leaders said they investigated an allegation of sexual assault against Hairston before selecting him with the 30th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft in April.’
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‘The student alleges “the emotional and psychological harm she sustained made it impossible for her to continue her education in the same environment where the assault occurred.” She eventually transferred from UK.’
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‘The woman, who identified herself as Rebecca Hendryx, accused Hairston of sexually assaulting her in early 2021 when they both attended the University of Kentucky.’
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‘Hendryx, who has since transferred out of the University of Kentucky, is reportedly seeking a jury trial and compensatory damages on all counts.’
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‘”Plaintiff inquired about the purpose of Defendant’s visit, to which Defendant responded that he wanted to hang out with Plaintiff. Plaintiff declined and further expressed that she was tired and going to bed before turning around and walking away from the door,” according to the lawsuit.’
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‘The Bills had no comment and referred to statements made by general manager Brandon Beane in April during the draft. Beane said at the time the team had “fully investigated” a sexual assault allegation from 2021 involving Hairston, who he called “an impeccable kid.”’
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‘In the lawsuit, the woman alleges Hairston entered her dorm room without being invited. The woman then expressed “her non-interest in engaging in sexual intercourse with him several times,” according to the lawsuit. Hairston then allegedly “forcibly removed” her clothing and sexually assaulted her.’
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‘According to the lawsuit, Hendryx reported the alleged incident to law enforcement “within hours” and received a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) exam at the hospital after speaking to police. The lawsuit does not specify the outcome of Hendryx’s police report or SANE exam, and Hendryx’s lawyers declined to provide any law enforcement or university documents they may have “due to certain information must be kept confidential.”‘
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‘”He’s an impeccable kid. We did a lot of research. I think all teams were aware of the Title IX thing,” Beane said two days after the draft. “That was fully investigated by the school. He even volunteered to do a polygraph and had notes. It was one of those where there was zero information saying that this actually happened, to what the accusation was. You can’t take someone’s account and think that’s the truth. But yes, we fully investigated that.”‘
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‘Per Surendran, Rebecca Hendryx filed a lawsuit in Kentucky alleging Hairston assaulted her while they were both studying at the University of Kentucky in 2021. Hendryx alleges that Hairston followed her into her room one day, asked to hang out and was rebuffed, forcibly removed her pants, and sexually assaulted her.’