Woman accuses Bills' Hairston of sexual assault

An Ohio pistillate has sued Buffalo Bills first-round draught prime Maxwell Hairston, accusing him of sexually assaulting her successful 2021 erstwhile they some attended the University of Kentucky.

According to the lawsuit, filed Tuesday, Hairston met the woman, who identified herself arsenic Rebecca Hendryx, successful aboriginal 2021 erstwhile they were surviving successful the aforesaid dorm.

That March, the suit alleges, Hairston went to Hendryx's country without being invited and followed her into her country aft she declined to bent retired with him. After Hendryx "[expressed] ... her non-interest successful engaging successful intersexual intercourse with him respective times," Hairston "forcefully removed" her pajama shorts and sexually assaulted her, according to the lawsuit.

Hairston, who has not been charged with a crime, and his cause didn't instantly respond to messages seeking remark Wednesday.

A spokesperson for the Bills declined to comment, referring to wide manager Brandon Beane's comments successful April aft the squad selected Hairston with the 30th prime successful the NFL draft. At the time, Beane said that the squad "fully investigated" an allegation of intersexual battle from 2021, that Hairston was "an impeccable kid" and "it doesn't look to beryllium thing there."

According to the lawsuit, Hendryx reported the alleged incidental to instrumentality enforcement "within hours" and received a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner exam astatine the infirmary aft speaking to police. The suit does not specify the result of Hendryx's constabulary study oregon SANE exam, and Hendryx's lawyers did not instantly respond to a petition for immoderate instrumentality enforcement oregon assemblage documents they whitethorn have.

A spokeswoman for the Lexington constabulary said the section did not person a study matching a intersexual battle allegation against Hairston. A spokesperson for the Fayette County Sheriff's Office did not instantly respond to requests for remark Wednesday.

Dani Jaffe, a spokeswoman for the University of Kentucky and assemblage police, said she could not remark connected the suit but that "sexual battle allegations are thoroughly investigated and tin impact police, Title IX, pupil behaviour officials and different ineligible entities. If and erstwhile charges are warranted, oregon if a pupil is recovered to person violated our Code of Student Conduct, specified charges and disciplinary measures are filed and pursued aggressively to support our students."

Hendryx transferred from the assemblage successful 2021, according to the lawsuit.

ESPN's Alaina Getzenberg contributed to this report.