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Lyndsay Winkley

Lawsuit: 3 SDSU football players, including star punter now in NFL, accused of gang raping 17-year-old girl

SAN DIEGO — A young woman filed a lawsuit Thursday, accusing three San Diego State University football players — including a star punter now with the NFL — of gang raping her at an off-campus party when she was 17 years old.

The suit alleges that 22-year-old Matt Araiza, a punter-placekicker who was recently picked up by the Buffalo Bills, had sex with the teen in a side yard of a College Area residence before bringing her into a bedroom where a group of men took turns raping her.

Football players Zavier Leonard and Nowlin “Pa’a” Ewaliko were part of that group, according to the lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior Court.

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