Lawsuit Accuses NY Psychologist Maya Hayes of Repeatedly Raping Teen at Juvenile Justice Facility

March 24, 2025

A Staten Island teen was allegedly raped dozens of times by his female counselor at an upstate New York juvenile detention facility, while staffers joked about it, he claimed in a lawsuit.

The victim, now 21, was just 17 in 2021 when he was sent to Brookwood Youth Facility, about 45 minutes south of Albany, and first encountered associate psychologist Maya Hayes, who held frequent counseling sessions with him in her private office, according to the litigation.

The sexual abuse began about three months after the accuser, whose name is being withheld by The Post, arrived, the suit claims. It didn’t end until he had been raped more than 30 times, he claimed.

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