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Buffalo Bills back Maxwell Hairston amid sexual assault lawsuit: 'A young man you'd let in your house'
Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane has thrown his support behind Maxwell Hairston after the rookie cornerback was recently accused of sexual assault by one of his former university classmates. Hairston, who was selected by the Bills with the 30th overall pick in this year's NFL Draft, has been named as a defendant in a civil lawsuit which alleges that he sexually assaulted a woman while he attended the University of Kentucky back in 2021. The plaintiff, Rebecca Hendryx, claims she was living in the same dormitory with the football player in early 2021. It was there, her attorneys allege in the filing obtained by Daily Mail, that he barged his way to her dorm room. Hendryx alleges that she physically resisted his advances only for him to forcibly remove her clothing and sexually assault her. Hairston, now 21, was 17 at the time of the incident. He is not facing criminal charges and already claims to have been 'exonerated' following a previous University of Kentucky investigation. And as he continues to protest his innocence, the new Bills star has received support from Beane - who praised him for not 'running' from the allegations and being a 'young man you would let in your house'. 'Frustrating because, in the legal world you can't sit there and say things back and forth. You've got to let it go,' the Buffalo GM told reporters on Wednesday. 'This happened to this young man over four years ago. He gave up his phone to prove [it]... he took a polygraph test. This kid didn't run from anything, he answered all of that. '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. 'He is genuinely a good person. I think we need to remember in the world, I'm not going to get into it, but we see these accusations, sometimes these guys can be victims, too. They make a lot of money. Rarely do people defend them. 'That's hard for me in this seat sometimes. Because I've seen it. We've had it here with a player here a few years ago that's no longer here that's wrongly accused.' The former player Beane was referring to is Matt Araiza, who was released by the Bills in August 2022 after a woman alleged that he and other San Diego University players raped her at an off-campus party in October 2021. She claimed that the punter, then 21, had sex with her in the side yard of a house before bringing her into a bedroom where a group of men took turns raping her. However, after he filed a defamation countersuit against her, the woman agreed to dismiss him from her lawsuit in December of last year. Araiza also dropped his countersuit against her to bring the ordeal to a close, before he was signed by back-to-back Super Bowl champions the Kansas City Chiefs two months later. Hairston insists he has nothing to hide despite the accusations that have been leveled against him, telling reporters after practice on Wednesday: 'The University of Kentucky did a thorough investigation. I was exonerated from that, as well. And I volunteered to do multiple polygraphs 'cause I was determined to get my truth out there, because I had nothing to hide. I was an open book. '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'm confident that my truth will be out there.' Beane also previously said that the Bills looked into the claims made against Hairston before drafting him 30th overall in April.
The Guardian
18 minutes ago
- The Guardian
MLS commissioner defends ban on ‘political' signage at games amid Ice crackdown
MLS commissioner Don Garber defended the league's ban on political signage from fan groups but said that teams are allowed to make political statements in a press conference with reporters before the MLS All-Star game on Wednesday evening. Asked by the Guardian US to comment on protests and statements from MLS supporters' groups against Immigration Customs Enforcement (Ice) and the federal government's broader immigration crackdown, Garber said that the league's primary concern is keeping games safe for fans to attend. The commissioner said that ensuring fan groups do not unveil displays that are political in nature is part of that goal. 'We want to ensure that we're having displays that are not going to incite anyone,' Garber said in part. 'The best way to do that is to have the policy we have, which prohibits having political signage or anything to do with legislative acts on display in our stadiums. 'I understand and sympathize with those that are impacted by this. I grew up in a very diverse environment. We are a very diverse league, but we have to be very thoughtful about how we engage in this situation.' MLS has said in the past that it estimates around 30% of its fans are Hispanic. As Ice raids have taken place in public places across the country, numerous MLS supporters' groups have spoken out about how the current environment contributes to them feeling unsafe at MLS games. In May, Latino supporters of Nashville SC paused gameday activities due to Ice's crackdown, telling SixOneFive Soccer that they feel 'targeted', and the Athletic that they feel 'hunted' given the general environment in the state. In this past weekend's LAFC v LA Galaxy match, LAFC supporters unveiled a tifo reading 'Los Angeles unidos jamás será vencido' ('Los Angeles, united, will never be defeated') after Ice raids in the California metropolis that led to more than 2,700 arrests. As of mid-June, Ice data shows there were more than 11,700 people in immigration detention who had been arrested despite having no track record of being charged with or convicted of a crime. LAFC issued a statement about the Los Angeles raids, saying that 'today, when so many in our city are feeling fear and uncertainty, LAFC stands shoulder to shoulder with all members of our community'. At time of writing, they remain the only MLS team to have made such a statement. The LA Galaxy banned fans responsible for displaying anti-Ice banners at a recent game, with other supporters boycotting the match against LAFC in protest. Anti-Ice banners have also been seen in Austin, the site of Wednesday's All-Star game, Chicago and other markets. Sign up to Soccer with Jonathan Wilson Jonathan Wilson brings expert analysis on the biggest stories from European soccer after newsletter promotion Asked whether he thinks the league has a responsibility to protect fans as Ice raids continue across the country, and how the league is thinking about this topic generally, Garber said: 'I don't think the league has the ability to serve as an entity to protect anyone. That being said, we want our stadiums to stay safe.' However, he said, 'if teams want to make a statement, they can. I don't think any team should be required to. Certainly the league is not, has not, and will not make a statement on this. We just want to continue to do whatever we can to ensure that our games are safe for all of our fans.'
The Guardian
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- The Guardian
Donald Trump's Epstein problem
Donald Trump has peddled many conspiracy theories in his time. From the baseless smear that Barack Obama was not a US citizen, to the claim that Trump did not lose the 2020 election, to ones even more far-fetched than that. But, as Washington DC Bureau Chief David Smith tells Nosheen Iqbal, there is one conspiracy theory Trump may come to regret. For when his estranged friend – and child sex offender – Jeffrey Epstein died in prison awaiting trial in 2019, Trump suggested that perhaps Epstein had not died by suicide at all … that something far more nefarious was going on in order to protect the rich and powerful whom Epstein had been partying with for decades. In the years since, 'Release the Epstein Files' has been a rallying call for the online right, not least among Trump's Maga's base. In particular, they have called for the publication of Epstein's 'client list' – a roll-call of the elite supposedly implicated in Epstein's crimes. Yet since coming to office, the president seems to have changed his tune, with his administration insisting in the last few weeks that no such list exists, and that there was nothing suspicious about Epstein's death. It has seemingly enraged some of the president's own supporters, who have accused Trump of being part of a deep-state cover up – and questioned just how involved Trump was with Epstein after all.
