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Marcellus Wiley, the former NFL Pro Bowler and sports broadcaster, was arrested Saturday on domestic battery charges.
Wiley was arrested by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, court records show. He is currently being held without bail.
No additional details were provided about Wiley’s arrest.
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Former professional NFL player Marcellus Wiley was arrested and charged with domestic violence in an incident on July 4, according to court records. (GETTY IMAGES)
This arrest of Wiley, 51, comes after a recent Rolling Stone article, which cited accusations of sexual assault by four women in April 2026.
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Wiley was also sued by three women for raping them while he was at Columbia, where he played college football. He denied the allegations on his podcast “More To It with Marcellus Wiley,” saying he had evidence proving what he called “alleged false statements.”
Wiley had also called the allegations while at Columbia “BS.”
Wiley’s wife is Annemarie Wiley, who starred in “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”
The Rolling Stone article notes that two of the women who claim Wiley sexually assaulted them occurred between 1995 and 1999.
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 10: Annemarie Wiley and Marcellus Wiley attend a basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Atlanta Hawks at the Intuit Dome on November 10, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images)
There was another woman who claimed Wiley had groomed her since she was 13 while he played for the Buffalo Bills. Then she claims Wiley raped her when she was 18 in Dallas. She claims to have been transported by Wiley while he played for the Cowboys, according to Rolling Stone.
“Marcellus Wiley raped me on my 18th birthday, after grooming me from the age of 13,” the victim wrote, adding that he called her “little mama.” “If Columbia had properly followed up on the complaints…I would never have been groomed and raped.”
Additionally, a woman who was a production assistant at ESPN — Wiley worked as a broadcaster for ESPN and FOX Sports — alleged that Wiley cheated on her by joining him in a hotel room for a business meeting in 2009. But she claims he sexually assaulted her during that time.
“The assault was devastating to me and I will live with its effects to this day,” the fourth woman wrote in a court filing, according to Rolling Stone.
Annemarie Wiley (left) and Marcellus Wiley attend a basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Memphis Grizzlies at the Intuit Dome on December 15, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images)
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Wiley was the 52nd overall pick in the 1997 NFL Draft out of Colombia, landing with the Bills where he would play for his first four NFL seasons.
But Wiley earned his first and only Pro Bowl nomination in 2001 with the San Diego Chargers, where he would play for three years. He also played with the Jacksonville Cowboys and Jaguars before his playing career ended after the 2006 season.
