Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus announced Saturday that he is taking a leave of absence from the team in order to fight unspecified criminal charges.
Cephus released a statement on Twitter, saying the Dane County District Attorney's office is preparing to issue "unspecified charges" against him, and he needs to take time to clear his name.
"I have been wrongly accused of unlawful conduct and I am innocent of any allegations associated with this consenual relationship," Cephus shared on Twitter. He also said the charges against him are from an incident in April, which has been investigated for three months.