Content Warning: This story has information that may be emotionally upsetting. Bills rookie punter Matt Araiza and two former college teammates have been accused of gang-raping a 17-year-old girl last year, according to a civil lawsuit filed Thursday.
and two former San Diego State teammates have been accused of gang-raping a 17-year-old high school student last year, a civil suit filed Thursday in California alleges. Araiza, Zavier Leonard and Pa’a Ewaliko are accused of rape, false imprisonment and gender-violence crimes stemming from a Halloween party at Araiza’s residence on Oct. 17, 2021.
According to the suit filed by attorney Dan Gilleon, the plaintiff, referred to as Jane Doe, was “inebriated” when she arrived and given more alcohol by Araiza, who was 21 at the time, before he ordered her to perform oral sex on him in a side yard. The lawsuit alleges that Araiza had sex with her outside before taking her inside to a bedroom where Leonard and Ewaliko were waiting.
Source tells me the Bills were made aware of the accusations against Araiza last month. They did not know when they drafted him, but did know when they cut Matt Haack on Monday.The lawsuit claims Doe went to the San Diego Police Department the next day, and that a police investigation involved detectives coaching her through supervised conversations with Araiza and includes direct quotes from Araiza advising her to be examined for a sexually transmitted disease.
“This was a horrific crime, the kind of which happens all too often,” Gilleon said in a statement. “What makes these crimes different is not only that they were committed by self-entitled athletes.
Three days before the filing was made, Araiza, Buffalo’s sixth-round draft pick in 2022, won the punting job when the team released veteran incumbent Matt Haack. Haack has since signed with the
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