An attorney representing the woman who says Buffalo Bills rookie punter Matt Araiza raped her last year when she was 17 said the Bills never talked to his client during its investigation into the matter.
Araiza released a statement of his own Friday. “The facts of the incident are not what they are portrayed in the lawsuit or in the press,'' Araiza said in a statement provided to USA TODAY Sports by his agent, Joe Linta."I look forward to quickly setting the record straight.''
“I’m very impressed by the way they’ve treated Matt and by the way they’ve treated me,’’ Armstrong told USA TODAY Sports. “I have given them some information and they’ve conducted their own investigation with their own investigators as well. That’s my understanding anyway. Then, the woman said, Araiza took her to a bedroom where his teammates took turns raping her for an hour and a half, according to the lawsuit. The woman also said she was raped by two other football players, Zavier Leonard, a redshirt freshman offensive lineman at San Diego State, and Pa’a Ewaliko, who was a freshman defensive lineman and no longer is listed on the roster.
The police had opened an investigation into the matter and asked San Diego State “to stand down and not launch an independent investigation,’’ Everett-Haynes said by email.
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