Documents: Prosecutor claims evidence shows Matt Araiza was not at the party at the time of alleged gang rape

SAN DIEGO -- Documents detail when a San Diego District Attorney told the teen who accused Matt Araiza in a gang rape, prosecutors would not file charges.

According to a more than 200-page transcript of a Dec. 7, 2022 recorded meeting between the accuser, a district attorney investigator, a deputy district attorney and people advocating for Jane Doe, a prosecutor told to the accuser, “I cannot file criminal charges against any of the suspects in the case.”

The documents, provided by Araiza's attorney, claim prosecutors found that Araiza was not at the party when the accuser claimed she was raped.

Prosecutors and Araiza's attorney said Araiza admitted to having sex with the teen during the party. But, according to prosecutors who have pieced together a timeline of the night, Araiza had left the party about an hour before video shows several men having sex with the accuser.

Prosecutors said they've been able to piece together a timeline based on interviews, statements and cell phone evidence. According to the document, the accuser had sex with one man in the living room of the house, and some of the sexual act was captured on video. The prosecutor said there’s no indication force was involved and according to witnesses, there was not a level of intoxication that could be noted and used in a criminal charge.

One of the DAs said Araiza volu...