Breaking Topical Top Story 'A rock and a hard place': UW-Madison weighs whether to readmit Quintez Cephus DAY:kmeyerhofer@madison.com Aug 22, 2019 Aug 22, 2019 Updated Jul 19, 2022 Former Wisconsin Badgers football player Quintez Cephus, center, greets current members of the team after a news conference last week. JOHN HART STATE JOURNAL Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DAY:kmeyerhofer@madison.com No matter what UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank decides, she will be criticized.kAmu@C>6C (:D4@?D:? q2586CD H:56 C646:G6C "F:?E6K r6A9FD[ H9@ H2D 6IA6==65 7C@> E96 F?:G6CD:EJ =2DE D6>6DE6C 27E6C 36:?8 244FD65 3J EH@ H@>6? @7 D6IF2= 2DD2F=E 3FE H2D 24BF:EE65 @7 E9@D6 492C86D 3J 2 s2?6 r@F?EJ ;FCJ 62C=:6C E9:D >@?E9[ 92D A6E:E:@?65 7@C C625>:DD:@? 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Charged, tried and acquitted: Read the State Journal's coverage of the Quintez Cephus trial Former UW-Madison football player Quintez Cephus was acquitted Aug. 2, 2020, of two sexual assault charges stemming from an incident April 22,…
Quintez Cephus' attorneys say UW-Madison doesn't want him back; university says case under review Attorney Stephen Meyer said at a news conference Monday the administration’s “continued failure” to reverse Cephus’ wrongful expulsion could h…
After acquittal, former Badger Quintez Cephus files for reinstatement to UW Quintez Cephus says his lawyers will work with UW officials to "to clean up my record" so he can return to school, and that he plans on playin…
Former Badgers wide receiver Quintez Cephus acquitted of sex assault charges A jury found former Wisconsin Badgers receiver Quintez Cephus not guilty of two sexual assault charges Friday after deliberations lasting less…
Ex-Badgers receiver testifies at his sex assault trial, says women 'know what happened' Former Wisconsin Badgers wide receiver Quintez Cephus testified Friday that both women who say he sexually assaulted them were aware of what w…
Second woman testifies at Quintez Cephus trial, tells jury she remembers very little A text message, which Cephus' defense says indicates sex involving Cephus and two women was consensual, was sent by one of the women before sh…
Jury picked, sex assault trial for ex-UW receiver Quintez Cephus to start Tuesday A jury of eight women and six men was chosen Monday for the sexual assault trial this week of former Wisconsin Badgers wide receiver Quintez Cephus.
Photos: Look back at Quintez Cephus' time in Madison as UW-Madison grants reinstatement With the announcement Monday that the University of Wisconsin has decided to reinstate former Badgers wide receiver Quintez Cephus as a studen…
One-quarter of UW-Madison women report being sexually assaulted Despite the university’s efforts to reduce the problem, more than a quarter of undergraduate women at UW-Madison who participated in a nationa…
UW-Madison chancellor headed to Northwestern in 2022 After nearly a decade at the helm of UW-Madison, leading the university through budget cuts, political battles and a pandemic, Chancellor Rebe…
Judge tosses lawsuit over victim's exclusion from discussions about Quintez Cephus' UW reinstatement While UW is correct on the law, a federal judge wrote, excluding the woman from talks about reinstating Quintez Cephus must have "felt like a …