Ex-Payments punter Matt Araiza wasn’t current at alleged gang rape: prosecutors

Unsealed paperwork present that prosecutors within the gang rape case of Matt Araiza mentioned that the previous Payments punter was not current throughout the alleged incident.

Araiza and two of his former San Diego State teammates have been accused of gang rape at a house party in San Diego in a civil go well with final yr.

In December, prosecutors declined to press charges within the case, saying there was not sufficient proof of proof for a conviction.

Monday, Yahoo Sports reported {that a} 200-page transcript of a gathering that deputy district lawyer Trisha Amador had with the accuser grew to become obtainable, and that Amador mentioned Araiza couldn’t have been the one to guide her towards the alleged gang rape as a result of he had “left” the home an hour earlier than it might have occurred.

“He wasn’t even on the celebration anymore,” Amador advised the accuser.

“All I do know is that at that time, suspect Araiza is gone from the celebration.”

The civil go well with had claimed Araiza demanded the then-underage woman carry out oral intercourse on him, earlier than taking her to a different room the place three males raped her for an hour-and-a-half.

Araiza, nicknamed “the Punt God,” was chosen within the sixth spherical of 2022 NFL Draft, and was released by the Bills after the allegations grew to become public.

Prosecutors additionally advised the accuser that they might not decide from video proof that the sexual activity with the opposite males was forcible versus consensual.

“In wanting on the movies on the intercourse tape, I completely can’t show any forceable sexual assault based mostly upon what occurred,” Amador mentioned.

“There’s nothing within the movies that sound such as you’re saying cease or this hurts or something like that,” District Legal professional investigator Ted Mansour advised the alleged sufferer on the assembly.

Dan Gilleon, the lawyer for the accuser, told CBS 8 in San Diego that the witness whom prosecutors relied upon for Araiza’s alibi was a “buddy” of the punter.

The accuser’s civil lawsuit stays lively.