MADISON, Wis. (AP) The Latest on Wisconsin reinstating receiver Quintez Cephus following his acquittal on sexual assault charges (all times local):
4:25 p.m.
Former Wisconsin receiver Quintez Cephus says he is ready to start winning football games again.
University officials have reinstated him following his acquittal on sexual assault charges. A jury found Cephus innocent of second- and third-degree sexual assault charges earlier this month. The university expelled him earlier this year, months before the trial.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Monday that Cephus can return to school. Coach Paul Chryst has said he wants Cephus back on the team.
Cephus told reporters he got word of Blank’s decision while on a plane from his hometown of Macon, Georgia, to Madison. He says he was so happy he couldn’t stop bouncing in his seat.
He says he’s ready to start playing football again and getting his education. He also says he hopes to make the academic all-Big Ten team.
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11:55 a.m.
Wisconsin has reinstated former Wisconsin receiver Quintez Cephus after he was acquitted of sexual assault charges, but his attorney says the school has upheld sexual harassment violation against him.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Monday that Cephus can return to school after a jury acquitted him earlier this month of second- and third-degree sexual assault. Two women had accused him of assaulting them both in one night in April 2018. Cephus was expelled earlier this year ahead of his trial.
The school said new information had come to light but some violations of the university’s nonacademic misconduct policy were upheld. The statement didn’t elaborate.
Cephus’ attorney, Stephen Meyer, says he believes the new information was 250 pages of court documents he supplied to the university.
He says the school vacated the sexual assault findings but upheld a sexual harassment violation. He said that violation is related to a picture that Cephus asked his roommate and fellow receiver, Danny Davis, to take of the women as they slept in Cephus’ room.
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10:45 a.m.
Wisconsin football officials say they don’t have any information on when reinstated receiver Quintez Cephus might rejoin the team.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Monday she had decided to allow Cephus to return to school after a jury acquitted him earlier this month of sexual assault charges. He was expelled earlier this year for violating the school’s non-academic misconduct code.
Coach Paul Chryst has said he would welcome Cephus back.
Wisconsin football spokesman Brian Lucas said he didn’t have the answer when asked when Cephus would rejoin the team. Lucas said he has canceled a previously scheduled post-practice news conference Monday with players.
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10:15 a.m.
Former Wisconsin receiver Quintez Cephus has been cleared to return to school after a jury acquitted him of sexual assault charges.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced the decision Monday. The school says it obtained information that wasn’t provided during a student conduct review. The statement said sanctions against Cephus have been ”reduced” and his expulsion has been lifted. The statement didn’t elaborate.
Cephus was suspended from the football team in August 2018 after he was charged. He was expelled from the university earlier this year for violating its nonacademic misconduct policies.
A jury acquitted him of the charges Aug. 2. His attorneys have been pressuring Blank to let him return.
Blank says she hopes the decision doesn’t deter sexual assault victims from coming forward.
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