Girl accuses Payments’ Maxwell Hairston of sexual assault

An Ohio lady has sued Buffalo Payments first-round draft choose Maxwell Hairston, accusing him of sexually assaulting her in 2021 once 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 once they had 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 participating in sexual activity with him a number of occasions,” Hairston “forcefully eliminated” her pajama shorts and sexually assaulted her, based on the lawsuit.

Hairston, who has not been charged with against the law, and his agent did not instantly reply to messages searching for remark Wednesday.

A spokesperson for the Payments declined to remark, referring to common supervisor Brandon Beane’s feedback in April after the staff chosen Hairston with the thirtieth choose within the NFL draft. On the time, Beane stated that the staff “totally 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 could have “because of sure info should be saved confidential.”

A spokeswoman for the Lexington police stated the division didn’t have a report matching a sexual assault allegation towards 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, stated she couldn’t touch upon the lawsuit however that “sexual assault allegations are completely investigated and might contain police, Title IX, scholar conduct officers and different authorized entities. If and when expenses are warranted, or if a scholar is discovered to have violated our Code of Pupil Conduct, such expenses and disciplinary measures are filed and pursued aggressively to guard our college students.”

Hendryx transferred from the college in 2021, based on the lawsuit.

ESPN’s Alaina Getzenberg contributed to this report.