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Buffalo Payments kicker Matt Araiza is on the middle of a stunning lawsuit alleging gang rape.
The 22-year-old NFL star has been named within the case the place a 17-year-old woman was sufferer of maximum sexual violence whereas attending a school get together in October of final yr. Claims have been made Thursday that the Payments punter, together with two different former San Diego State College soccer gamers, compelled the highschool scholar into the sexual act.
Sure — HIGH SCHOOL. Completely disgusting.
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In keeping with the swimsuit, the unnamed sufferer was at an off-campus get together at Araiza’s residence. She claims she was drunk, coming into out and in of consciousness throughout the assault, after Matt equipped her with a drink which she says “not solely contained alcohol, however different intoxicating substances.” She added that the soccer participant demanded sexual acts, together with oral intercourse, regardless of the actual fact she was severely intoxicated and a MINOR, beneath the age of authorized consent in California.
The opposite males named within the swimsuit, which was filed in San Diego County Superior Court docket on Thursday, embody gamers Zavier Leonard and Nowlin “Pa’a” Ewaliko and “at the very least one different man.” Araiza allegedly took the younger woman right into a secluded bed room with the opposite males, thrust her onto a mattress face-first, and violently raped her for at the very least an hour and a half. It will get extra brutal…
Within the course of, the sufferer’s ear, nostril, and bellybutton rings have been ripped out. Whether or not this was intentional cruelty or simply callous indifference to her ache is unclear. Nevertheless, it does appear the perpetrators relished in what they have been doing — she claims they filmed components of their assault.
When it was throughout, the poor woman “stumbled out of the room bloody and crying.” Not simply from having her piercings ripped out — she says she was additionally bleeding “from her vagina.”
So inhuman and downright vile.
On the request of authorities, the sufferer made a recorded name to Araiza the place he allegedly confirmed he had intercourse along with her final October, whereas recommending her to get examined for sexually transmitted illnesses. Later within the dialog, the sufferer requested, “And did we’ve got precise intercourse?” to which the punter allegedly modified his tone and responded:
“That is Matt Araiza. I don’t keep in mind something that occurred that night time.”
Looks as if he found out what was taking place!
San Diego State is at the moment going through criticism following a Los Angeles Instances investigation the place it was revealed that the college determined to not notify the campus neighborhood concerning the rape allegation — and waited seven months to conduct their very own investigation.
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Araiza’s lawyer, Kerry Armstrong, denied the allegations, claiming the lawsuit was filed because of the newly drafted NFL participant’s standing, pointing to witnesses from the get together who’ve allegedly contradicted the claims made:
“It’s a shakedown as a result of he’s now with the Buffalo Payments. There is no such thing as a doubt in my thoughts that Matt Araiza ever raped that woman.”
Because of the scenario, the Buffalo Payments issued an official assertion concerning the matter to the Los Angeles Instances Thursday:
“We have been not too long ago made conscious of a civil criticism involving Matt from October 2021. Because of the critical nature of the criticism, we carried out a radical examination of this matter. As that is an ongoing civil case, we can have no different remark at this level.”
It appears there was some discrepancy about precisely when the staff knew of the allegations. Hmm. Lawyer Dan Gilleon, who filed the swimsuit, blasted all of the organizations concerned in a press release:
“This was a horrific crime, the type of which occurs all too typically. What makes these crimes completely different will not be solely that they have been dedicated by self-entitled athletes. Simply as terrible because the crimes, for months, a number of organizations — SDSU, the San Diego Police Division, the San Diego District Lawyer, and now the Buffalo Payments — have acted the a part of enablers trying the opposite method in denial that my shopper deserves justice even when the defendants are prized athletes.”
Araiza and the others are accused of rape, gender violence, and false imprisonment. Looks as if we’ll have to attend and see what — if any — penalties they really face.
So completely and utterly disturbing.
Should you or somebody is going through sexual abuse, please attain out to the Sexual Abuse Hotline at 1-800-656-4673.
[Images via Buffalo Bills & Novak Kicking & Consulting/YouTube & San Diego State University]