The Saskatchewan Roughriders released Ajou Ajou after the CFL suspended the receiver for at least six games for violating the league’s gender-based violence and harassment policy
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.
“The Saskatchewan Roughriders do not tolerate gender-based violence or harassment and Ajou Ajou’s actions go directly against the values we hold as an organization,” Roughriders Vice President of Football Operations and general manager Jeremy O’Day said in a statement. “We hold our players to a high standard, one that focuses on integrity and treating people with respect. He failed to meet that standard and is no longer a Roughrider.”
The investigation revealed that on Nov. 18, 2025 — the same day as the team’s Grey Cup parade — Ajou engaged in aggressive and unwelcome physical contact with multiple women at a restaurant in Regina, conduct that breaches the CFL’s gender-based violence and harassment policy, the league said.
The six-foot-three, 218-pound Ajou, 24, of Brooks, Alta., becomes the second player suspended by the league for violating the policy.
In 2024, Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly was suspended for the entire pre-season and at least half of the club’s regular-season contests. The move came after a lawsuit and independent investigation into harassment allegations involving the league’s 2023 outstanding player.
Kelly was reinstated in August 2024 by the league on a last-chance agreement after undergoing mandatory counselling.