SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The San Diego County District Attorney's Office says it is not bringing charges against three former and current San Diego State Football players that were accused of gang raping a 17-year-old girl in Oct. 2021.
Punter Matt Araiza, winner of the 2021 Ray Guy Award, was among the accused. The Buffalo Bills promptly released the sixth-round pick in Aug. 2022 when the victim filed a lawsuit against him. Zavier Leonard and Nowlin Ewaliko were also listed in the suit; Leonard was listed on SDSU's football roster when ABC 10News checked records in August. At that time, Ewaliko was not on the roster.
The alleged assault happened at an off-campus party in the College Area on Oct. 17, 2021.
"Ultimately, prosecutors determined it is clear the evidence does not support the filing of criminal charges and there is no path to a potential criminal conviction," the district attorney's press release stated. "Prosecutors can only file charges when they ethically believe they can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt."
When recounting the night during an interview with ABC 10News, the victim said she and her high school friends were drinking when they arrived at the Halloween party on Rockford Drive.
She said she was "heavily intoxicated" when Araiza approached her and offered her a drink. The suit claimed that “despite her age and inebriated state, Araiza led [Jane] Doe over to the side yard of the house where he told her to perform oral sex on him.”
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