Three current or former San Diego State University football players, including the Buffalo Bills' newly drafted punter Matthew Araiza, are accused of gang raping a then-17-year-old girl at a Halloween party last year, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the attorney for the plaintiff identified in court documents as Jane Doe.
Araiza, Zavier Leonard and Nowlin "Pa'a" Ewaliko were part of the San Diego State University football team at the time of the alleged incident last October.
Jane Doe says she attended a party in the San Diego area with friends, but was separated from them when she met Araiza, according to the lawsuit. The claim further asserts that Araiza "could observe that Doe was heavily intoxicated" and "handed her a drink anyway." "Doe was raped for about an hour and a half until the party was shut down. Doe stumbled out of the room bloody and crying," said the complaint.
Ewaliko's lawyer, Marc Carlos, told CNN in a phone interview that he sees some issues with Doe's credibility and the circumstances under which she reported the event. "The filing of the civil suit is clearly an attempt to put pressure on the DA to file a case," he said.Leonard's attorney, Jamahl Kersey, said: "We are aware of the lawsuit that was filed yesterday and we respectfully decline to comment.
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