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The parents of ex-Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza have released a statement lashing out at what they describe as a “war” being waged against their son over gang-rape allegations and complaining that they have been “canceled.”
“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,” read a statement from the family released late Monday. “People have taken this information as factual, when it is not,” Araiza’s parents said.
“He has been extorted, discriminated against, harassed and the subject of multiple and continuous threats of violence and death,” the statement read, calling the allegations against Araiza “salacious rumors.”