Former Buffalo Bills Punter Matt Araiza’s Alleged Victim Offers More Disturbing Details on Nightline

The man known as the Punt God is currently looking for a new job.

Former Buffalo Bills Punter Matt Araiza and two of his college teammates have been accused of raping the alleged victim during a party last year, she recently talked about the alleged incident in an interview with “Nightline.” The alleged victim, who was 17 at the time of the incident, has asked not to be identified. The alleged victim said the sexual assault took place last year during an off-campus party at San Diego State University and she said she still thinks about it often.

She is suing Matt Araiza, who was released by the Buffalo Bills last week, and two former San Diego State football players, Zavier Leonard and Nowlin Ewaliko, accusing them of gang-raping a minor. The alleged victim says she wants charges filed and all the men arrested.

“I’m really just looking for the closure, because I can’t stop thinking about it,” the woman told “Nightline.”

The alleged victim told “Nightline” she was intoxicated, in and out of consciousness throughout the night, but there were several blocks of the night that she can remember “like they were just yesterday.”

“When I walked into that room and I saw that there were several guys already in there, I had a feeling that something bad was going to happen, and I expected it,” she said.

The alleged victim told “Nightline” that she never once gave any of the her fellow students permission for sex, and she also claims she was screaming.

“I feel like it should be clear to anybody that that’s not consensual sex,” she said.

The alleged victim said she contacted the police the next morning, filed a report and went to the hospital.

Araiza was signed by the Buffalo Bills as a sixth-round draft pick in April, receving a $4 million dollar contract.

The victim said she threw up after hearing the news of Araiza’s signing.

“I was really upset because I thought that I had been doing everything that I was supposed to be doing in order to get them to face consequences,” she said. “I reported it right away and I was giving all my evidence to authorities and just to see him continuing on and thriving while I felt like my life was completely torn apart.”

The accuser said the Bills and the NFL did the right thing by releasing him from the team.


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