An Ohio lady has sued Buffalo Payments first-round draft choose Maxwell Hairston, accusing him of sexually assaulting her in 2021 after they each attended the College of Kentucky.
In keeping with the lawsuit, filed Tuesday, Hairston met the girl, who recognized herself as Rebecca Hendryx, in early 2021 after they have been residing in the identical dorm.
That March, the lawsuit alleges, Hairston went to Hendryx’s room with out being invited and adopted her into her room after she declined to hang around with him. After Hendryx “[expressed] … her non-interest in partaking in sexual activity with him a number of instances,” Hairston “forcefully eliminated” her pajama shorts and sexually assaulted her, in accordance with the lawsuit.
Hairston, who has not been charged with a criminal offense, and his agent did not instantly reply to messages searching for remark Wednesday.
A spokesperson for the Payments declined to remark, referring to basic supervisor Brandon Beane’s feedback in April after the group chosen Hairston with the thirtieth choose within the NFL draft. On the time, Beane mentioned that the group “absolutely investigated” an allegation of sexual assault from 2021, that Hairston was “an impeccable child” and “it does not appear to be something there.”
In keeping with the lawsuit, Hendryx reported the alleged incident to regulation enforcement “inside hours” and acquired a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) examination on the hospital after talking to police. The lawsuit doesn’t specify the result of Hendryx’s police report or SANE examination, and Hendryx’s attorneys declined to supply any regulation enforcement or college paperwork they might have “as a consequence of sure info have to be saved confidential.”
A spokeswoman for the Lexington police mentioned the division didn’t have a report matching a sexual assault allegation in opposition to Hairston. A spokesperson for the Fayette County Sheriff’s Workplace didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark Wednesday.
Dani Jaffe, a spokeswoman for the College of Kentucky and college police, mentioned she couldn’t touch upon the lawsuit however that “sexual assault allegations are totally investigated and might contain police, Title IX, pupil conduct officers and different authorized entities. If and when costs are warranted, or if a pupil is discovered to have violated our Code of Scholar Conduct, such costs and disciplinary measures are filed and pursued aggressively to guard our college students.”
Hendryx transferred from the college in 2021, in accordance with the lawsuit.
ESPN’s Alaina Getzenberg contributed to this report.