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Shwetha Surendran
An Ohio lady has sued Buffalo Payments first-round draft decide Maxwell Hairston, accusing him of sexually assaulting her in 2021 once they each attended the College of Kentucky.
Based on the lawsuit, filed Tuesday, Hairston met the lady, 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, 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 common supervisor Brandon Beane’s feedback in April after the crew chosen Hairston with the thirtieth decide within the NFL draft. On the time, Beane mentioned that the crew “absolutely investigated” an allegation of sexual assault from 2021, that Hairston was “an impeccable child” and “it does not appear to be something there.”
Based on the lawsuit, Hendryx reported the alleged incident to legislation enforcement “inside hours” and acquired a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) examination on the hospital after chatting with police. The lawsuit doesn’t specify the result of Hendryx’s police report or SANE examination, and Hendryx’s attorneys declined to supply any legislation enforcement or college paperwork they could have “attributable to 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 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, mentioned she couldn’t touch upon the lawsuit however that “sexual assault allegations are totally investigated and may contain police, Title IX, scholar conduct officers and different authorized entities. If and when costs are warranted, or if a scholar is discovered to have violated our Code of Pupil 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.
