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Aug 2, 2023 · Former San Diego State and Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza has filed a defamation lawsuit against the student who accused him of sexually assaulting her at an off-campus house party in October 2021.
- Danielle Dawson
May 10, 2023 · By Jenny Vrentas Ken Belson and Kris Rhim. May 10, 2023. San Diego prosecutors declined to bring a criminal case against the former N.F.L. punter Matt Araiza or his former San Diego State football ...
Dec 14, 2023 · According to Fox 5 San Diego and Buffalo news station WGRZ, lawyers for Araiza, 23, and his accuser, known as Jane Doe, reached an agreement this week to dismiss the sexual assault allegations ...
- Natasha Dye
- Where Did This Recording Come from?
- What Was The Woman’S Reaction to The Decision?
- What Did The Video Clips Show?
- How Was Araiza Involved?
- What About Statutory Rape?
- What About The Blood, Bruises and Ripped piercings?
- What About Rape While Intoxicated?
- What About Fear and Vulnerability?
- What's Next?
- Personal Reactions
The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office invited the woman and her attorney to a private meeting, where a prosecutor told them they had decided not to file criminal charges in relation to her allegations against Araiza and other San Diego State football players. At least two recordings were made of the meeting, but the recordings and the det...
She cried when Deputy District Attorney Trisha Amador told her no criminal charges would be filed. Then the meeting resumed and Amador discussed the evidence, which included four terabytes of data, more than 35 taped witness interviews, a physical exam of the woman and nine video clips that were made that night of the woman’s sexual encounters. The...
Amador and district attorney investigator Ted Mansour said the video clips showed sexual encounters with San Diego State football player Pa’a Ewaliko on a couch in the living room and apparently two other men in a bedroom. They were obtained via search warrants and came from the accounts of Ewaliko and another SDSU player, Zavier Leonard, according...
Araiza admitted having sex with the woman that night during a call with the woman that was recorded by police a few days after the party. It happened at the side of the house. Araiza said he never went inside, disputing the woman’s lawsuit, which said he led her inside and threw her on the bed face-first. “We had a brief encounter, and it is absolu...
This was a big issue with Araiza last year since he essentially admitted to having sex with a 17-year-old girl. But a suspect is not guilty of this crime if he reasonably believed the woman was 18 or older, according to the law. Araiza said he believed she was 18. Ewaliko and Leonard were 18 at the time of their encounters with her. “I have to be a...
Her lawsuit states that her nose, belly button and ear piercings had been pulled out and that she was also bleeding from her vagina. But Amador initially said the sex video clips show her piercings “are all still in.” “So I don't know who or how or when those would have been removed, but during the videos, all of your piercings are still in,” Amado...
The woman’s lawsuit states Araiza could observe that she was “heavily intoxicated” that night and raped her. The woman said she had memory problems and told police she was drinking from a bottle of vodka that night, raising questions about whether she was raped while intoxicated. The issue, Amador told her, is that “I have to be able to prove your ...
The woman indicated to detectives that she chose to participate in the sex acts for fear of being hurt, considering that the men were much bigger and that she wouldn’t be able to do much to resist, especially since she said she was intoxicated. Amador again noted the lack of evidence that would support this, even if this is what she was thinking at...
Ewaliko faces a separate criminal charge of child pornography possession after law enforcement looked at his Apple iCloud account in the course of the rape investigation and said they found evidence related to that. He has pleaded not guilty. The woman’s civil lawsuit remains pending against Araiza, Ewaliko and Leonard. She is seeking unspecified d...
The woman sees it differently. She said she was “happy” when she learned Araiza was cut from the Bills last August, if only because she said it was a form of accountability. She said her life hasn’t been easy. She said she and her family have received threats since this case went public last year. She also said she has been recovering from an eatin...
Sep 13, 2024 · UPDATED: September 13, 2024 at 2:13 p.m. NFL punter Matt Araiza has reached a settlement with the attorney representing a woman who had previously accused the former San Diego State player of rape ...
May 9, 2023 · Araiza, from San Diego State, was selected in the sixth round by the Bills in the 2022 draft. He won the punting job in training camp and preseason, but was released in late August two days after ...
May 11, 2023 · A civil lawsuit was filed in the San Diego County Superior Court last year, accusing Araiza and two other men of raping a high school senior at an off-campus party. Ten months after former Buffalo ...
