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What to Know About the Allegations Against Matt Araiza

The Buffalo Bills rookie punter and two of his college teammates were accused of the rape of a 17-year-old high school student in a lawsuit filed in San Diego.

Matt Araiza denied the allegations through his attorney.Credit...Adrian Kraus/Associated Press

The Buffalo Bills rookie punter, Matt Araiza, was accused, along with two teammates at San Diego State, of the rape of a 17 year-old girl at a party off campus in October. According to a lawsuit filed on Thursday in San Diego Superior Court, Araiza, who was 21 at the time of the incident, knew the girl was in high school and could see she was intoxicated.