{"id":615775,"date":"2026-04-20T03:54:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T03:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/615775\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T03:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T03:54:22","slug":"cfl-suspends-roughriders-ajou-for-violating-gender-based-violence-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/615775\/","title":{"rendered":"CFL suspends Roughriders\u2019 Ajou for violating gender-based violence policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Saskatchewan Roughriders’ receiver Ajou Ajou uses a TSN camera during a walkthrough ahead of the 112th CFL Grey Cup in Winnipeg, last November.DARRYL DYCK\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

The CFL has suspended Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Ajou Ajou for the preseason and at least six regular-season games for violating its gender-based violence policy.<\/p>\n

The league said Thursday in a statement that it was made aware of multiple allegations in late January and immediately initiated a third-party investigation, which included interviews with Ajou, multiple witnesses and complainants.<\/p>\n

The investigation revealed that on Nov. 18, 2025 \u2013 the same day as the team\u2019s Grey Cup parade \u2013 Ajou engaged in aggressive and unwelcome physical contact with multiple women at a restaurant in Regina, conduct that breaches the CFL\u2019s gender-based violence and harassment policy, the league said.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-3, 218-pound Ajou, 24, of Brooks, Alta., becomes the second player suspended by the league for violating the policy.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly was suspended for the entire preseason and at least half of the club\u2019s regular-season contests. The move came after a lawsuit and independent investigation into harassment allegations involving the league\u2019s 2023 outstanding player.<\/p>\n

Kelly was reinstated in August 2024 by the league on a last-chance agreement after undergoing mandatory counselling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Saskatchewan Roughriders’ receiver Ajou Ajou uses a TSN camera during a walkthrough ahead…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,521,875,522,520,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,82,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-615775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadian-news","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}