The lawsuit, obtained by TMZ Sports, was filed in San Diego County Superior Court this week. In the documents, a woman identified only as Jane Doe says when she was 17, she and several of her friends attended a Halloween party on Oct. 17, 2021, at Araiza’s home. She claims in the documents that she was intoxicated when she arrived at the residence and encountered Araiza in his backyard a short time later. She said the former SDSU football player, who was 21 at the time, gave her a drink she later believed contained alcohol and “other intoxicants.” Doe says in the documents that the two engaged in sexual acts outside the home. Araiza then allegedly led her inside and threw her on a bed. The woman claims he then gang-raped her with two of his Aztecs teammates at the time — Nowlin “Pa’a” Ewaliko and Zavier Leonard, who are also named as defendants in the lawsuit. The woman claims the sexual assault continued for about an hour and a half, before the party was finally closed. She said in the suit that she “came out of the room covered in blood and crying.” He sued Araiza, Ewaliko and Leonard for unspecified damages. Araiza’s attorney denied the allegations in a statement to the Los Angeles Times, saying, “It’s a shakedown because he’s now with the Buffalo Bills.” “There is no doubt in my mind that Matt Araiza ever raped this girl,” the attorney added. Attorneys for Leonard and Ewaliko declined to comment, the Times reported. The man who has now officially won the job of Buffalo Bills punter, “Punt God” Matt Araiza: pic.twitter.com/juAe047iHp — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 23, 2022 @AdamSchefter The Bills — who took Araiza in the sixth round of this year’s NFL draft and named him the starting quarterback earlier this month — released a statement about the allegations Thursday afternoon, saying, “We were recently made aware of a political complaint that it was about Matt as of October 2021.” “Due to the serious nature of the complaint, we have conducted a thorough review of this matter. As this is an ongoing civil case, we will have no further comment at this time.” The San Diego Police Department, according to SDSU, launched an investigation into the matter last year. No arrests have been made.
