Following their Super Bowl victory, the Kansas City Chiefs are back in the headlines for signing punter Matt Araiza.

Unfortunately for Araiza, he may be best known for being released by the Buffalo Bills in August 2022, only two days after a lawsuit was filed against him and two others for allegedly raping a then 17-year-old girl in 2021. ...

We will never know what really happened between them, although given the lack of criminal charges, voluntary dismissal of the lawsuit, no payout, and Araiza’s reservation of his right to sue the plaintiff’s lawyer – we can assume it was not as she alleged. ...

Contrast Araiza’s re-hiring to Trevor Bauer, the former MLB star pitcher put on leave, suspended, and eventually released by the Dodgers over sexual assault allegations—before those allegations were fully vetted and resolved.