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Marcellus Wiley, the husband of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Annemarie Wiley, has been accused of sexual assault by four women.
Marcellus, who is a former NFL player and ex-Fox Sports and ESPN personality, had a lawsuit filed against him in New York in April. One of the women accusing him of assault was a former ESPN production assistant.
This isn’t the first time Marcellus has had accusations filed against him, as he was previously sued in 2023 by women for allegedly raping them when he attended Columbia University in 1994.
According to Rolling Stone, lawyers for Marcellus denied the allegations of sexual assault and/or rape in a 2024 court filing, with Marcellus labeling the lawsuit as “BS.”
In the new lawsuit, the women alleged Columbia “hid the rapes by Wiley,” which enabled “him to enjoy a reputation of safety, respect, and integrity, thereby endangering women.”
Two of the women involved in the latest suit claim Marcellus sexually assaulted them from 1995 to 1999 in California. Another alleges Marcellus began “grooming” her when she was 13 years old, and that a sexual encounter took place years later when he was an NFL player.
“Wiley drove towards me, slowed down, and pulled over. He lowered the window, called me by name, and asked me to come over,” Rolling Stone reported that she wrote.
She claimed Marcellus provided her with his email address and free NFL tickets, and he invited her over to his house. She noted he allegedly referred to her as “little momma,” gave her gifts often, and invited her over to help clean his CD collection.
“Wiley frequently mentioned his sociology degree from Columbia University, which led me to believe he was respected and trustworthy. He gave me the same CDs to clean over and over,” she wrote. “My whole identity was wrapped up in the belief that I would eventually marry Wiley.”
She went on to note that Marcellus flew her to Dallas when she turned 18 and yelled at her before allegedly raping her.
“Marcellus Wiley raped me on my 18th birthday, after grooming me from the age of 13,” she said in her statement. “If Columbia had properly pursued the complaints… I would never have been groomed and raped.”
The former ESPN production assistant stated that Marcellus sexually assaulted her after he allegedly tricked her into coming to his room under the guise of a work meeting. Once in his room, she alleged he came out of the bathroom naked prior to assaulting her.
“He pushed me up against the windows of the room so hard I thought they would shatter,” she reportedly stated. “I was petrified and believed I was going to be killed.”
She then claimed Marcellus forced her onto a bed and masturbated onto her even though she was begging him to stop.
“The assault was devastating to me, and I will live with the effects to this day,” she wrote.
The other two women involved in the lawsuit alleged they were raped by Marcellus in California in the 1990s.
One of the women claimed he raped her at her mother’s apartment, insisting he “overpowered” her.
“Afterward, I felt humiliated and shamed…so I never told anyone,” Rolling Stone reported that she wrote.
The other woman said she was a senior at USC when he raped her at a hotel. She claimed she told LAPD, and they contacted her years later, but no charges were filed as a result of the investigation.
A hearing is set for May 12, and, according to Rolling Stone, the women are trying to turn their lawsuit into a class action one against Marcellus and Columbia.
Laura Gentile, a lawyer, alleged Columbia knew about the allegations against Marcellus but only put him on “academic probation.”
“By promoting, protecting, and elevating a sexual predator… Columbia University created a false image of Wiley… thereby enabling Wiley’s vicious propensity to rape/assault women,” she wrote.