{"id":20567,"date":"2025-07-24T13:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/20567\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T13:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:08:09","slug":"nfl-news-bills-gm-defends-maxwell-hairston-amid-sexual-assault-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/20567\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL news: Bills GM defends Maxwell Hairston amid sexual assault lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\/buffalo-bills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buffalo Bills<\/a> first-round pick Maxwell Hairston is dealing with a sexual assault lawsuit while in his first training camp, and his new NFL organization has his back as he goes through it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Hairston was named in a civil lawsuit that claims he sexually assaulted a woman while at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa\/kentucky-wildcats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">University of Kentucky<\/a> in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bills general manager Brandon Beane addressed the allegation on Wednesday, when he called the situation &#8220;frustrating,&#8221; but not in the way one might think.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/maxwell-hairston.jpg\" alt=\"Maxwell Hairston looks on field\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Bills cornerback Maxwell Hairston, #31, enters the field during training camp at St. John Fisher University. (Mark Konezny-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frustrating because, in the legal world, you can\u2019t sit there and say things back and forth. You\u2019ve got to let it go,&#8221; Beane told reporters, via <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/23\/sports\/bills-gm-backs-rookie-maxwell-hairston-after-sexual-assault-lawsuit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Post<\/a>. &#8220;This happened to this young man over four years ago. He gave up his phone to prove \u2026 he took a polygraph test. This kid didn\u2019t run from anything, he answered all of that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to remember in society that people can make accusations and do things. I have no idea what the agenda is there. I can tell you, every stone we turned over, every door we looked behind, this is a very good young man. A young man you would let in your house, watch your kids, hang out with whoever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/josh-allen-determined-not-let-hard-knocks-cameras-become-distraction-bills-training-camp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">JOSH ALLEN DETERMINED NOT TO LET &#8216;HARD KNOCKS&#8217; CAMERAS BECOME DISTRACTION FOR BILLS IN TRAINING CAMP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beane continued to emphasize the type of person he and the Bills believe Hairston is.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is genuinely a good person. \u2026 I think we need to remember in the world, I\u2019m not going to get into it, but we see these accusations, sometimes these guys can be victims, too,&#8221; Beane explained. &#8220;They make a lot of money. Rarely do people defend them. That\u2019s hard for me in this seat sometimes. Because I\u2019ve seen it. We\u2019ve had it here with a player here a few years ago that\u2019s no longer here that\u2019s wrongly accused.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Hendryx is the woman who was identified as Hairston\u2019s accuser in the lawsuit, which was filed in Kentucky earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45806993\/bills-maxwell-hairston-hide-wake-lawsuit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">per ESPN<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/maxwell-hairston-.jpg\" alt=\"Maxwell Hairston does drills on field\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Bills cornerback Maxwell Hairston, #31, works out during Minicamp at Highmark Stadium. (Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p>Hendryx claims that Hairston &#8220;forcefully removed&#8221; her clothes and sexually assaulted her despite allegedly telling him she did not want to participate in sexual activity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hairston said on Wednesday that he went through a &#8220;thorough&#8221; investigation after police found out about the allegations while he was at the university. He was 17 at the time of the allegations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The University of Kentucky did a thorough investigation,&#8221; Hairston, who is not facing criminal charges, said, via the New York Post. &#8220;I was exonerated from that, as well. And I volunteered to do multiple polygraphs because I was determined to get my truth out there, because I had nothing to hide. I was an open book.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have two sisters that I love dearly, and I respect all females, and I was just determined to get my truth out there. Like I said, I was an open book, and I was exonerated from both of those and just got to stay strong. But I\u2019m confident that my truth will be out there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2926ef3c-maxwell-hairston-bills.jpg\" alt=\"Maxwell Hairston with helmet on\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Bills Maxwell Hairston, #31, jogs to another area of the field during a voluntary workout at their practice facility on May 27, 2025. (IMAGN)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buffalo was in need of secondary help this offseason, and they used the 30th overall pick on Hairston, who went viral during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl-draft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NFL Draft<\/a> after cameras caught him excited for all the players who were selected before him in Green Bay.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hairston is expected to be a starter alongside Christian Benford, though Dane Jackson and Tre\u2019Davious White, who reunited with the Bills for a second stint with the team, will be battling for the job as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sports coverage on X<\/a>, and subscribe to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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