BUFFALO Bills’ punter Matt Araiza and two different soccer players from San Diego State University have been accused of gang-raping a minor at a celebration final 12 months, in accordance with a brand new lawsuit.
Just this week, Araiza – who earned the nickname “Punt God” throughout his time at San Diego – grew to become the beginning punter for the Bills, who are favored to win Super Bowl LVII in 2023.
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Araiza, Zavier Leonard, and Nowlin “Pa’a” Ewaliko – all present and former soccer players at San Diego State University – had been named in a civil lawsuit filed on Thursday.
The incident allegedly occurred at an off-campus celebration on the night time of October 16, 2021 however carried into the early morning of October 17, the lawsuit claims.
Araiza is accused of getting intercourse with a 17-year-old exterior of the house the place the celebration was being held, earlier than bringing her inside the place she was allegedly repeatedly raped.
The lawsuit claims that the teenager, who was a senior in highschool on the time, was in and out of consciousness however remembers moments of the assault.


The grievance additionally alleges that Araiza gave the sufferer a drink that “not solely contained alcohol, however different intoxicating substances.”
The grievance claims that the teenager “stumbled out of the room bloody and crying. Her nostril, bellybutton, and ear piercings had been pulled out, and she was additionally bleeding from her vagina.”
The teen allegedly instructed mates instantly that she had been raped.
She went to the police the subsequent day and then to the hospital the place she was evaluated.
Araiza’s lawyer, Kerry Armstrong, instructed the Los Angeles Times that the rape accusation is fake.
“It’s a shakedown as a result of he’s now with the Buffalo Bills. There is little question in my thoughts,” Armstrong stated.
Araiza is about to enter his rookie season with the Bills, who launched an announcement saying they’re conscious of the scenario.
“We had been not too long ago made conscious of a civil grievance involving Matt from October 2021,” the assertion given to the Times of San Diego reads.
“Due to the intense nature of the grievance, we performed an intensive examination of this matter. As that is an ongoing civil case legal, we can have no different remark at this level.”
The attorneys for the opposite two males, Ewaliko and Leonard, each reiterated to the Times that the prison investigation is ongoing.
Ewaliko is reportedly now not at San Diego State, whereas Leonard was listed as a redshirt freshman, in accordance with the Times.
The San Diego Police Department has not but publicly recognized any suspects, nor have they made any arrests, the paper reported.


An investigation has been performed to find out whether or not costs needs to be filed.
The U.S. Sun has reached out to the teenager’s lawyer, Dan Gilleon, for remark.