Araiza, accuser agree to dismiss civil lawsuits against each other

[Draconator]

Araiza and his accuser have agreed to end litigation in two lawsuits.
https://www.wgrz.com/mobile/article/news/investigations/attorney-lawsuits-in-sdsu-rape-case-dismissed-araiza/509-60315569-e973-4fbf-9a53-44ab6bd619f0

Edited December 12, 2023 by Draconator

[CircleTheWagons99]

Considering how bad Martin has been, can the Bills sign him back now?

[Warcodered]

Sounds basically like a lets ends this so I can move on kind of agreement with both of them dropping their suits.

[teef]

I bet they’re dating. 

[947]

I think it's definitely worth getting in contact with him. Hopefully he's been working his craft in all the downtime. Martin needs to go.

[Milanos Milano]

Make the curse go away and sign him. Insta super bowl. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

1 minute ago, CircleTheWagons99 said:

Considering how bad Martin has been, can the Bills sign him back now?

I wouldn't right now. As inconsistent as Martin has been he's also Bass's holder and that's something Araiza doesn't have exp with. Bass had had issues already and there in no way I mess with his holder this close to playoffs. Easily could cost us much more than a couple short punts.

[CircleTheWagons99]

Just now, BuffaloBillyG said:

I wouldn't right now. As inconsistent as Martin has been he's also Bass's holder and that's something Araiza doesn't have exp with. Bass had had issues already and there in no way I mess with his holder this close to playoffs. Easily could cost us much more than a couple short punts.

atleast to the PS to get him comfortable and next time Martin has a bad game, yank him.

[Doc]

After a year and a half of this charade they finally admit they have no case against him. 

[Milanos Milano]

1 minute ago, Doc said:

After a year and a half of this charade they finally admit they have no case against him. 

And the Bills got screwed out a great player and received an Araiza curse. Hope we do the right thing so the curse can be lifted. 

[Beck Water]

Happy for the kid. 

 

I think teams have been waiting for the matter to be completely settled on the Civil side to potentially give Araiza a look in the off-season, so hopefully that will happen now.

[C.Biscuit97]

10 minutes ago, CircleTheWagons99 said:

Considering how bad Martin has been, can the Bills sign him back now?

Look, he got screwed but do we need any distraction for a punter? 

1 minute ago, Beck Water said:

Happy for the kid. 

 

I think teams have been waiting for the matter to be completely settled on the Civil side to potentially give Araiza a look in the off-season, so hopefully that will happen now.

I think he’s also a punter a position teams don’t really care about. If he was Josh Allen, he would still be on the time. It sucks but that’s the reality of the situation. The better you are and more important position you play, teams will be more patient and let the facts play out. 

[BuffaloBillyG]

6 minutes ago, CircleTheWagons99 said:

atleast to the PS to get him comfortable and next time Martin has a bad game, yank him.

Practice squad I could jive with, but again, there is no way he sees the field until next year. You simply don't mess with the PAT/FG process this late in the season unless it's forced due to injury. 

[CircleTheWagons99]

4 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

Look, he got screwed but do we need any distraction for a punter? 

It will help pull attention away from Von.....oh look, a distraction for a DE......

Edited December 12, 2023 by CircleTheWagons99

[Captain_Quint]

14 minutes ago, teef said:

I bet they’re dating. 

Kiss and make up, you two. 

[LabattBlue]

I think after the Bills kicked him to the curb, they are the last team he wants to sign with…especially considering the nasty weather the Bills punter has to deal with year in and year out. 

[Beck Water]

18 minutes ago, Doc said:

After a year and a half of this charade they finally admit they have no case against him. 

 

Legally, that's not quite what this means.   It's more like a "mutually assured destruction" tactic in civil suits where defending the defamation countersuit can drain the finances of the accuser who filed a civil suit because lawyers defending you demand payment up front (there's no chance they'll get paid by a settlement if they win, after all).  So the accuser is maneuvered into a financial position to agree to drop the case. 

 

Florio had commentary about this legal strategy back when the accusations against DeShaun Watson first came out.

 

Surprised it took this long once the defamation countersuit was filed.

 

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Gilleon forwarded CBS 8 the signed agreement, which stated, “Without admitting and expressly denying any liability whatsoever, the Parties now desire to resolve any and all disputes which may exist between them, including but not limited to those which arise out of, are connected or related to, the Incident.”

“Each Party is solely responsible for any attorney’s fees, mediation fees, expert fees, and costs that he, she, or it has incurred,” the agreement stated.

 

"He, She, or It" ????????  Well....it IS California

Edited December 12, 2023 by Beck Water

[Beck Water]

10 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

I think he’s also a punter a position teams don’t really care about. If he was Josh Allen, he would still be on the time. It sucks but that’s the reality of the situation. The better you are and more important position you play, teams will be more patient and let the facts play out. 

 

And this, of course.  Shady McCoy took flak for it, but he called it correctly when the Kaepernick stuff first emerged.  The amount of distraction or trouble a team will tolerate is directly proportional to their talent at their position, and the importance of that position.  (It was a pretty firm Dis on Kaepernick's talent actually, since QB is arguably the most important position on the team)

 

Who was that punter who was leading the league in punt length, but poor in directional control?  Was it Bojorquez?  He refused to re-sign with Buffalo because he wanted to play on the West Coast, felt he should be able to dictate his contract terms 'cuz, leading the league in punt length, signed with one of the Cali teams that already had a punter, and wound up getting traded to Green Bay?

[Dan Darragh]

Get 'er done, Beane!

[UKBillFan]

Would love to see Araiza return. Not sure whether he will, though.