The Latest Breaking News from Matt Araiza

In the face of a major public backlash and internal questions over the decision to award Matt Araiza the punting job, the Buffalo Bills reversed course by cutting the rookie on Saturday, two days after a lawsuit was filed alleging the player and two college teammates gang-raped a teenager last…

The Buffalo Bills released punter Matt Araiza in the wake of the gang-rape lawsuit filed against him and two other San Diego State players.

SAN DIEGO — Now that a civil lawsuit names three San Diego State football players as being involved in the alleged gang rape of a minor at an off-campus party last October, questions about the time taken for a police investigation and a subsequent university inquiry have intensified.

The punter was formally accused of participating in a gang rape of a minor while he was a student at San Diego State.

The Bills were short a punter for obvious reasons against the Panthers, so quarterback Matt Barkley filled in with aplomb.

The punter was named in a rape lawsuit that included two other 2021 San Diego State football players.

The attorney for a California teenager who has accused a Buffalo Bills rookie and two of his former college teammates of gang rape says the NFL team has not contacted him despite saying it had conducted a “thorough investigation.”

Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence.

Rookie punter Matt Araiza, accused in a lawsuit of gang raping a 17-year-old girl, will not punt for the Bills in their preseason finale.