Buffalo Bills Cut Matt Araiza Amid Rape Lawsuit

The team said it had released the rookie punter Araiza after he was accused of raping a 17-year-old girl with two San Diego State teammates.

Punter Matt Araiza of the Buffalo BillsCredit...Jeffrey T. Barnes/Associated PressThe Buffalo Bills cut Matt Araiza on Saturday, two days after the rookie punter was accused in a lawsuit of raping a 17-year-old girl last October with two of his teammates at San Diego State.

“We don’t know all the facts, and that’s what makes it hard, but at this time we think it is the best move for everyone to move on from Matt,” Brandon Beane, the team’s general manager, said in a news conference.

Beane said that the team learned about the accusations in late July. “We…