In 2022, the Bills released rookie punter Matt Araiza after he was accused in a civil lawsuit of participating in a gang rape while at San Diego State. The NFL did not suspend Araiza. He signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in February 2024 after he was dropped from the suit.

Maxwell Hairston was named as a defendant in a civil lawsuit that alleges he sexually assaulted a woman when he attended the University of Kentucky.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills first-round draft pick Maxwell Hairston was accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting a woman in 2021 at the University of Kentucky.