Posted on 12/09/2022 5:04:17 PM PST by Mr.Unique
Former Buffalo Bills punter and standout SDSU football player Matt Araiza and two teammates had been accused of rape in a civil lawsuit
SAN DIEGO — Former Buffalo Bills punter and standout San Diego State University football player Matt Araiza will not be charged in connection with the reported gang rape of a 17-year-old girl at an off-campus party last year, officials announced Wednesday.
The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office also said none of his former Aztec teammates will be charged in the case, which rocked the university over the summer when news broke of allegations involving players on the team.
The decision not to file criminal charges, more than a year in the making, marks a pivotal moment in one of the most watched criminal cases in the county.
After reviewing evidence that included video footage “of the incident itself,” prosecutors determined “there is no path to a potential criminal conviction,” District Attorney Summer Stephan’s office said in a statement.
“Prosecutors can only file charges when they ethically believe they can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt,” the statement read.
Attorney Dan Gilleon, who represents the young woman, said he is “never surprised when a prosecutor does not file sexual assault charges when the victim was intoxicated.”
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She signaled for a fair catch (sorry about that one).
I’m pretty sure he was dropped by the Bills once the allegations were made public.
Why is it now news when college football players rape underage girls?
not surprised at no prosecution because rape is the only crime where the victim has to shown on video to be screaming her head off and even then, some attorney will say she was enjoying herself...
war on boys and men......right....
The prosecutor lacked evidence because the alleged victim forgot who was in the front and who was behind.
Sorry, but there is a war on boys and men. Rape is too common, but false rape claims are common as well. People suck.
Guilty until innocent?
Didn't Comey say that about Cankles?
17? Statutory rape, at the least.
Drunk? Impaired; consent, even if of age, is nullified: at least sexual assault, if not rape.
Jocks involved, absent a body? No harm; no foul.
Intersectionality at woke...I mean work.
“Guilty until innocent?”
It’s the football team.
And?
“And?”
..and it’s best they stay away from parties, if they don’t want to deal with this crap.
True.
The same applies to chicks pretending to be in college.
Alcohol wins again.
When does he get his reputation back?
Very true. And I’m having a feud with a tribal type that doesn’t like me saying that letting women going to college is destroying Western Society.
Oh well...many don’t like having to deal with the damage that they’re doing, as they see college as something personal. Understandable, but when huge numbers do it, society gets ruined.
Seems we have some common ground.
Never.
“Seems we have some common ground.”
Of course, but we’re outvoted. The babes win, and Western Society, as we know it, ends.
Fighting this bunch is very tough. Go back 50 years and ask if gays should get ‘married’ and our side would win 80-20 (or better). Now it’s pretty much 80-20 with the gays winning.
What changed? Not the collective wisdom of 5,000 years of human history, but instead it was that bunch attacking us, non-stop, until we said “ok, you can marry”.
And so they ‘marry’ and now we have drag queens in our schools...
It’s even worse than that. Men are only 40% of US college students, and falling. Men are only 30% of UK college students, and falling. Big societal problems ahead since women want to “date/marry up.”
“It’s even worse than that. Men are only 40% of US college students, and falling. Men are only 30% of UK college students, and falling. Big societal problems ahead since women want to “date/marry up.””
It’s HORRIBLE now. And on top of your numbers, how many programs/scholarships exist for helping men in college? Roughly zero...and how many for the ‘oppressed’ women...beyond what I can count.
If guys don’t assert control, the world ends. Just look at Europe, the biggest WAR-MONGER, by far, is Ursula von der Leyen, who runs the European Union, and DESPERATELY wants World War 3 against Russia. The men, few as they are, in the upper ranks, would prefer to figure out a way to have a peaceful settlement.
We messed up, HORRIBLY. We had the power to keep things from becoming emotional crusades, but we didn’t use that power. Now we’re screwed.
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