Students react to SDSU's handling of rape allegations
Many SDSU students fear their reputations are tarnished because of how the university handled recent rape allegations.
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Many SDSU students fear their reputations are tarnished because of how the university handled recent rape allegations.
In a tense news conference Monday, San Diego State University Athletics Director John Wicker acknowledged that a rape survivor was brought in to address male athletes after rape allegations against three football players first surfaced last year.
The decision to cut ties with their sixth-round draft pick out of San Diego State comes after Buffalo cleared the way for Araiza to take over the punting duties by releasing returning veteran Matt Haack on Monday.
Araiza, a former SDSU football standout and current Buffalo Bills punter, is being sued along with two others for allegedly raping a teenage girl last fall. A legal expert said "typically" the criminal case would be filed before the civil suit.
Matt Araiza, who now plays for the Buffalo Bills, was among three current and former San Diego State football players accused in a civil lawsuit of gang-raping a 17-year-old girl last year at an off-campus party.