The Payments have now fully moved on from Matt Araiza.
Buffalo formally signed former Broncos’ punter Sam Martin to a one-year contract on Wednesday.
The Payments freed up a roster spot to signal Martin by putting Marquez Stevenson on injured reserve after the receiver/returner had surgical procedure to restore a foot harm he sustained throughout coaching camp. Stevenson will miss at the very least the primary 4 weeks of the season.
Martin, 10-year veteran, was because of make $2.7 million this season earlier than shedding the job in Denver to Corliss Waitman.
The Payments launched the 22-year-old Araiza on Saturday, greater than every week after a lawsuit was filed accusing him of gang-raping a minor. The rookie punter faces a civil lawsuit that was filed Thursday, which claims Araiza and two of his San Diego State soccer teammates gang-raped a 17-year-old woman who mentioned she was intoxicated to the purpose she was slipping out and in of consciousness.
The incident allegedly occurred on Oct. 17 at a Halloween social gathering at a house the place Araiza had been dwelling.
The now 18-year-old girl, who has made the accusations in opposition to Araiza and his two faculty teammates — Zavier Leonard and Nowlin “Pa’a” Ewaliko — mentioned in an interview with CBS Information that she was left bleeding after the alleged assault happened final 12 months when she was a minor.
She additionally mentioned within the interview that her cellphone was taken from her and her piercings have been ripped when Araiza, Leonard, and Ewaliko assaulted her for greater than an hour.
Earlier than his launch from the Payments, Araiza mentioned in a press release Friday that the incident just isn't “what they're portrayed within the lawsuit or within the press.”
Araiza, nicknamed the “Punt God” for his explosive punts throughout his time at San Diego State, was anticipated to be the Payments’ beginning punter after enjoying properly through the preseason – and after the crew waived Matt Haack.
That job now seems to be Martin’s.
— with AP
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