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Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane addressed the sexual assault allegations against Hairston in April.
Buffalo Bills Maxwell Hairston was previously accused of sexual assault while a member of the University of Kentucky’s football program. On July 1st, attorneys for the accuser filed a civil lawsuit against Hairston in Eastern Kentucky.
Content warning: This article contains details of an alleged sexual assault that may be disturbing to readers.
The attorneys outlined details of their case in a press release, with specifics previously undisclosed publicly. All of the allegations listed are uncorroborated, and no criminal charges have been filed.
According to the attorneys, in early 2021, the accused and the accuser met on the campus of the University of Kentucky, with Hairston inviting the accuser back to his dorm room. While in his dorm room, she became uncomfortable and left.
He later messaged her on Snapchat asking to meet up again, but they did not see each other again until the March night of the alleged assault when he showed up uninvited to her dorm room.
Despite being told she was tired and uninterested in spending time together; he entered her room without permission. Once inside, he followed her into her bedroom and ignored her repeated refusals to engage in sexual contact. Hairston then forcibly removed [the accuser]’s clothing and sexually assaulted her.
The incident was reported to authorities within hours.
The accuser eventually left the University of Kentucky.
These details aren’t in the press release, but in March 2021, Hairston would have been 17 and still in high school. He graduated later in 2021 according to WXYZ in Detroit after committing to Kentucky in August of 2020. In the alleged timeline of events, he would have been on campus for spring football, which typically goes from March to mid-April.
The Bills have told local news outlets they won’t comment on the recent lawsuit.
Hairston and the Bills did not mention the allegations on the night he was drafted in April. It wasn’t a major storyline during the pre-draft process nor was it on Bills fans’ radar after the pick. It had been so long since the alleged incident without further updates, the allegations weren’t included in any of his scouting reports leading up to the draft.
On Day 2 of the 2025 NFL Draft, a day after picking Hairston in the first round, the information fully percolated through the fan base prompting The Buffalo News to ask general manager Brandon Beane about it. Beane responded, saying the team had done their due diligence and Hairston even volunteered to take a polygraph.
Here’s the full video of the response and you can read a transcript here:
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