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Bills punter Matt Araiza among 3 San Diego State football players accused of gang rape

Content warning: this story contains details of rape and sexual violence.

Current Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza has been accused in a civil lawsuit of gang-raping a 17-year-old high school student last fall along with several of his football teammates at San Diego State University. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday in San Diego County Superior Court and includes horrendous details that could lead to criminal charges. Those details have been reported out by the Los Angeles Times.

Araiza, then 21, is accused of having sex with the intoxicated minor outside of a house party and bringing her inside a room where he was joined by teammates to allegedly repeatedly rape the then-high school senior while she was in and out of consciousness.