Former San Diego State and Bills punter Matt Araiza was not present during a 2021 gang rape, according to a statement from prosecutors in a transcript and audio from the San Diego District Attorney’s office obtained by ESPN and Yahoo Sports.
Araiza, an All-American in ’21 and a sixth-round draft pick in 2022, was released by Buffalo on Aug. 27 after reports emerged that he had been named as a defendant in a gang rape lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleged that Araiza and two teammates gang-raped a girl, who was 17 at the time, at an off-campus party near the SDSU campus in the fall of ’21. The age of consent in California is 18.
