Prosecutors: Former Bills Punter Matt Araiza Wasn't Present During Alleged Gang Rape

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Prosecutors: Former Bills punter Matt Araiza wasn't present during alleged gang rape

....Last August, just days after earning the starting job as the Buffalo Bills' punter, rookie Matt Araiza was the subject of a civil lawsuit alleging he and two San Diego State football teammates participated in a gang rape of an intoxicated 17-year-old girl....While little was known publicly, San Diego Police had spent nearly 10 months on the case before forwarding it to the district attorney without a recommendation for prosecution. The Bills said they also knew about the incident, investigated it and decided to employ Araiza anyway.....The graphic allegations in the civil lawsuit, however, created a public frenzy. It included a claim that during an Oct. 15, 2021, party at a home near the SDSU campus, Araiza led the girl into a bedroom where “at least three other men” waited.....“Once inside, Araiza threw [the girl] onto the bed face first,” the lawsuit read. “[The girl] went in and in and out of consciousness while” suffering through “the horrific gang rape.” It lasted an hour and a half, the lawsuit read, before she “stumbled out of the room bloody and crying” in part because “multiple piercings had ripped through the skin during the attack.”

....Within days the Bills cut Araiza, who due to his record breaking NCAA career and an 82-yard punt in a preseason game, had earned the nickname “Punt God.”....“We just think it’s the best move for everyone to move on from Matt and let him take care of this situation,” Buffalo general manager Brandon Beane said.....Araiza remains out of football despite prosecutors announcing on Dec. 7, 2022, that after conducting their own 124-day investigation that they wouldn’t press any criminal charges in the case.....A fuller picture of what police and prosecutors found, however, is now available via a 200-plus page transcript of a 100-minute meeting obtained by Yahoo Sports where a deputy district attorney offered a detailed explanation to the girl and her attorneys.

Perhaps most notably, the district attorney’s office concluded Araiza couldn’t have led the girl into the alleged gang rape because he had “left” the home at about 12:30 a.m., an hour prior to when evidence suggested the alleged gang rape would have occurred.....“He wasn’t even at the party anymore,” deputy district attorney Trisha Amador explained to the girl. Later Amador stated of the timeline of events, “All I know is that at that point, suspect Araiza is gone from the party.”....Additionally, prosecutors told the girl that video recordings of the incident in the bedroom made it impossible to determine, let alone prosecute anyone, on whether there was a gang rape at all that night, rather than consensual sex with the other men....

....Araiza, whose life has been paralyzed since being named in the civil lawsuit, hopes it’s enough for NFL teams to take a second look at him despite the civil suit still being active, according to his attorney. He and the two other players named in the suit vehemently deny any gang rape, knowledge that the girl was below California’s age of consent (18) or or whether she was intoxicated....Any sexual contact, Ariaza has said, was consensual. ....There was additional evidence cited by Amador from a recording during a party the night before at a different residence where the girl says on camera that she is 18.....The timeline prosecutors pieced together suggested this encounter occurred at 12:55 a.m., about a half hour after Araiza had left the house. This incident occurred on a living room sofa with one of the football players who was also named in the civil lawsuit. Parts of this encounter were filmed on a cell phone. Prosecutors said the footage from the cell phone did not suggest any forced behavior.....

The civil lawsuit is continuing and requires a lower threshold of proof than criminal charges.....

https://sports.yahoo.com/prosecutors-former-bills-punter-matt-araiza-wasnt-present-during-alleged-gang-rape-225211550.html

 

 

 

 

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This is why...

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This one is pretty complicated.

On one hand you have the Bills, who you can't really blame for cutting this guy when the accusations came out. They don't need the distractions, whether that's fair or not to Araiza. 

Also a major factor is the MSM and general "sports media" will rush to be first, instead of seeking to be accurate. To get the most clicks and headlines and controversy possible. 

But we still don't know everything that happened. It's said he left before the "alleged gang rape" but there are some indications that something consensual on the side of the building happened. Or not consensual. That's a clear sticking point. 

Technically speaking, Araiza could be cleared of one specific issue at one specific timeline but still have done something he should not have done at a different point. But this becomes "He Said / She Said", and likely lots of alcohol and maybe some drugs were involved. So who really knows. The only thing that is clear is once you are accused, whether you are actually guilty or not, you will be burned immediately. There is no mercy and there is no way to balance the scales if you are actually innocent. You are essentially guilty the exact minute a public accusation comes to the light of day. 

[Patented Phil 547]

Call me when the investigation is over.  Until then, it’s all speculation.  If this Punt—God was falsely accused, I wouldn’t be surprised in the least.  I know 2 people who have been accused of sexual assault, and in both cases I’m 100% convinced they were both innocent.  In one case I have irrefutable evidence that she lied.

So no, Maizey.  We won’t just “Believe the women.”  We’ll believe the evidence.

[Voltaire 3,793]

“You were approaching men at the party saying, ‘I want you to [expletive] me and if you don’t [expletive] me you’re a [expletive].”

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[DonS 2,785]

As a Buffalo fan I was definitely looking forward to having him as their punter.

Lying b1tch casually destroyed his reputation and the start of his professional career.  Hopefully he gets a second chance in the NFL now that her lies have been exposed. 

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[RaiderHaters Revenge 2,995]

this guy got so focked, he should be able to sue her out of existence

turns out he was the only one raped here

[BunnysBastatrds 1,417]

Deep snapper to the, uh hm, rescue.

[iam90sbaby 1,797]

Hoes lie.

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4 hours ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

this guy got so focked, he should be able to sue her out of existence

turns out he was the only one raped here

She should share a jail cell with the b1tch that framed the Duke lacrosse team. 

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“Believe the women!”

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#METOO

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1 hour ago, Patented Phil said:

“Believe the women!”

I think it is believe all women....I mean, lets not forget its the white men that are the problem, women never lie right?

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On 5/9/2023 at 1:35 AM, Blue Horseshoe said:

This one is pretty complicated.

On one hand you have the Bills, who you can't really blame for cutting this guy when the accusations came out. They don't need the distractions, whether that's fair or not to Araiza. 

Also a major factor is the MSM and general "sports media" will rush to be first, instead of seeking to be accurate. To get the most clicks and headlines and controversy possible. 

But we still don't know everything that happened. It's said he left before the "alleged gang rape" but there are some indications that something consensual on the side of the building happened. Or not consensual. That's a clear sticking point. 

Technically speaking, Araiza could be cleared of one specific issue at one specific timeline but still have done something he should not have done at a different point. But this becomes "He Said / She Said", and likely lots of alcohol and maybe some drugs were involved. So who really knows. The only thing that is clear is once you are accused, whether you are actually guilty or not, you will be burned immediately. There is no mercy and there is no way to balance the scales if you are actually innocent. You are essentially guilty the exact minute a public accusation comes to the light of day. 

I have no sympathy or support for them on this.  They claimed that they investigated the situation and felt that releasing him was the way to go.  Well, if they actually investigated the situation, they'd have known he was innocent and wouldn't have needed to release him.  Either that, or they lied about investigating the situation and chose the easy way out.  Either way, I will not say "I can't blame them".

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3 minutes ago, RLLD said:

I think it is believe all women....I mean, lets not forget its the white men that are the problem, women never lie right?

"Believe all women" was apparently a "Republican thing", even though its exactly the same meaning as the original quote of "Every woman should be believed".

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Just now, TBayXXXVII said:

"Believe all women" was apparently a "Republican thing", even though its exactly the same meaning as the original quote of "Every woman should be believed".

And frankly I have no issue with that.  It's intent was to ensure at the opening level, with the police in particular, that the woman was receiving proper support and reaction.  The police SHOULD treat her as being truthful and accurate and investigate, there is NOTHING wrong with that.

NOW....where we diverge is the social/media/political response that automatically indicts and convicts the accused....THAT is some bullsh!t

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39 minutes ago, RLLD said:

And frankly I have no issue with that.  It's intent was to ensure at the opening level, with the police in particular, that the woman was receiving proper support and reaction.  The police SHOULD treat her as being truthful and accurate and investigate, there is NOTHING wrong with that.

NOW....where we diverge is the social/media/political response that automatically indicts and convicts the accused....THAT is some bullsh!t

They should never "believe" the woman.  They should always "listen".  They should always "investigate", but no, they should never "believe" them.  That goes for everything, not just rape/sexual assault.

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