Matt Araiza Sexual Assault Accuser To Drop Lawsuit Against Ex-Bills Punter

The lady who accused Matt Araiza of sexual assault has agreed to drop her lawsuit in opposition to the NFL participant … this in response to the previous Buffalo Bills punter’s attorneys.

In an announcement launched Tuesday afternoon, Araiza’s attorneys, Dick Semerdjian and Kristen Bush, stated their shopper and his accuser have reached an settlement that may require the lady “to dismiss her complaint against him in the next week.”

“Matt is not paying the plaintiff any money,” the 2 attorneys stated … including, “and he is reserving his right to pursue the plaintiff’s attorney, Dan Gilleon, and his law office for the harm that they have caused him.”

The lady initially filed her suit again in August 2022 … claiming that when she was 17 years previous, Araiza and two of his San Diego State soccer teammates raped her whereas she was attending a 2021 Halloween celebration on the punter’s Southern California house.

Araiza adamantly denied the allegations on the time — and in December 2022, prosecutors introduced they might not be submitting legal fees in opposition to the soccer participant, saying, “There is no path to a potential criminal conviction.”

Araiza’s attorneys stated Tuesday the settlement that he and his accuser reached was “bittersweet.”

“Matt has been forced to defend himself for the last sixteen months against false accusations and a campaign to ruin his career in the NFL,” the attorneys stated. “He will never get this time in his life back.”

Araiza was picked by the Bills within the sixth spherical of the 2022 draft … although he was cut by the team shortly after the lady filed her lawsuit in opposition to him.