Matt Araiza's parents release statement amid rape allegations: 'We have all been canceled'

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Matt Araiza’s parents have released a statement amid the accusations that their son, a punter who was released by the Buffalo Bills, is one of three people who gang-raped a 17-year-old girl last year at San Diego State University while he was a student.

Araiza’s parents said there "has been war waged on our son" and that "the rule of law is innocent until proven guilty."

"He has been tried and convicted in the media based on information released solely from the alleged victim and her attorney, much of it through social media. People have taken his information as factual, when it is not," the statement read. 

Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza waves to fans after a preseason NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Orchard Park, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022.  (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File)

"We do not wish this experience on anyone, but question why our son is the only one receiving this kind of treatment by social media and national news media. The vitriol has been on him alone.

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"He has been extorted, discriminated against, harassed and the subject of multiple and continuous threats of violence and death. He has been released from his job and our entire family continues to receive horrific threats of violence and death. We have all been canceled. Every member of our family."

The lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior Court accused Araiza of having sex with the minor outside a home and later brought her to a party where she was repeatedly raped. The victim says she was in and out of consciousness but can recall moments where the three men repeatedly assaulted her. 

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