MADISON, Wis. — The attorney for former Wisconsin football player Quintez Cephus says university officials are sending a “clear message” that they don’t want the former Badgers wide receiver back despite his acquittal in a sexual assault case.
Attorney Stephen Meyer said Monday that discussions have collapsed. University spokeswoman Meredith McGlone said Monday that she couldn’t comment due to privacy rules.
Cephus filed a petition for readmission last week, just days after a jury found him not guilty of sexually assaulting two students who said he had raped them.
Meyer says the university has made it clear that it won’t make a decision until “well after the semester has started.”
Cephus and current Badger players planned a news conference Monday on his case. Meyer says players have sent an email supporting Cephus to UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank.