The parents of fired Buffalo Bills kicker Matt Araiza are defending their son against the gang rape allegation that cost him his NFL job.
In a statement provided Monday to KUSI in San Diego, where Araiza was raised, a message attributed to “Mr. and Mrs.” Araiza begins by declaring their 22-year-old son is innocent until proven guilty and complains “he has been tried by the media.”
The couple alleges that information provided by an unidentified woman and her attorney — who claim in a civil suit that Araiza was one of three men who sexually abused the alleged victim when she was 17 — is being reported unfairly.
