The Orlando Magic have waived two-way player Adreian Payne, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Payne had only played five games for Orlando this season, spending most of his time playing for the Lakeland Magic, the team's G League affiliate.

In the G League, Payne averaged 12.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, one steal, and 0.9 blocks in 44.4 percent shooting from the field and 30.4 percent from behind the three-point line over 24.9 minutes a game in 17 appearances.

Payne's release came just hours after his name was mentioned in a sexual assault case when he was part of Michigan State University. A report by ESPN states that Payne and MSU teammate Keith Appling were involved in an assault of Carolyn Schaner. According to that report, all three went into the players' room and started playing mini basketball. As Payne and Appling missed a shot, they started removing their clothes. Schaner said she refused to take off anything other than her t-shirt. She added that the two players then cornered her, turned the lights off and she felt trapped and fearful of refusing.

The report also says:

“Appling, she told police, removed her underwear, and then the two men pulled her to the ground and started penetrating her vaginally, anally and orally. She told police that she said to the men, ‘I don't want it,' ‘stop' and ‘don't.'”

Payne also spoke to police officers:

“According to a police report, Payne told officers that he could ‘understand how she would feel that she was not free to leave.' Payne was concerned about her reaction to the circumstances and had even asked Appling to apologize to her, the report stated. Payne told officers that he had apologized to Schaner because ‘it seemed she felt that they ‘disrespected' her.'”

The fact that Payne acknowledged the incident may have lead the Magic to immediately release him.