Buffalo Payments punter Matt Araiza was named in a civil lawsuit on Thursday which acknowledged he was allegedly concerned within the rape of a 17-year-old lady final 12 months whereas he attended San Diego State College, in accordance with the Los Angeles Instances.
The report states that Araiza was one of many a number of males within the lawsuit. It additionally included two others who have been members of the varsity’s soccer group on the time. The Instances reported on the alleged incident in July, 2021, however didn’t identify Ariza in that report.
Araiza was chosen by Buffalo within the sixth spherical of the 2022 NFL draft.
By way of the L.A. Instances, Araiza’s lawyer, Kerry Armstrong, stated “it’s a shakedown as a result of he’s now with the Buffalo Payments. There isn’t a doubt in my thoughts that Matt Araiza ever raped that lady.”
The Payments have launched a press release concerning the alleged accusations in opposition to the 22-year-old. That may be discovered under through WKBW-TV in Buffalo:
Assertion from Payments:
We have been not too long ago made conscious of a civil criticism involving Matt from October 2021. As a result of critical nature of the criticism, we carried out a radical examination of this matter. As that is an ongoing civil case, we could have no different remark at this level
— Matthew Bové (@Matt_Bove) August 25, 2022
Over the weekend, Araiza was named the group’s starting punter because the Payments launched incumbent Matt Haack.
Haack went on to signal with the Indianapolis Colts.
