Former NFL player Marcellus Wileythe husband of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Annemarie Wileywas arrested on a domestic battery charge.
Marcellus, 51, was arraigned on Saturday, July 4, in Orange County, Florida TMZ And People. Online records displayed by Us weekly show that he made his first court appearance in connection with the charges on Sunday, July 5th.
Accordingly Peoplethe former defensive end was still in custody Sunday. The outlet reported that no further information regarding the circumstances surrounding Marcellus’ arrest was available at press time.
Us weekly has reached out to Marcellus representatives for comment.
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Marcellus played for the NFL teams Buffalo Bills, San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars during his career, which ended in 2006. He then worked as a sports reporter for ESPN and Fox Sports.
The former footballer appeared with his wife Annemarie, 42 RHOBA Season 13, which premiered in October 2023. She left the show after one season.
In May, Marcellus was accused of sexual assault by four women, including a former ESPN production assistant, according to court documents Us.
The woman claimed Marcellus lured her to his hotel room in 2009 under the guise of a work meeting.
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“As we walked into his room, Wiley excused himself to go to the bathroom,” the woman alleged, according to a court filing obtained by Us. “He came out of the bathroom naked. He pushed me against the windows of the room so hard that I thought they were going to shatter. I was petrified and thought I was going to be killed.”
She continued, “I repeatedly begged him to stop and let me go. He wouldn’t. He pushed me face down on the bed and held me there, pressing my face into the mattress so that I had difficulty breathing, which made me fear for my life. Wiley held me and masturbated over me until he ejaculated. Only then did he allow me to leave the room.”
Another woman claimed she met Marcellus when she was 13 and accused him of raping her when she turned 18.
“Marcellus Wiley raped me on my 18th birthday after grooming me since I was 13,” she alleged in the filing. “If Columbia (university where Wiley attended college) had properly followed up on the complaints … I would never have been molested and raped.”
(L-R) Annemarie Wiley, Erika Jayne, Dorit Kemsley, Kyle Richards, Garcelle Beauvais, Sutton Stracke, Crystal Minkoff
Emily Shur/BravoAt the time, Marcellus denied the allegations against him in a YouTube video.
“I will continue to fight all these false allegations,” he said. “I am exposed to inconsistencies, (I) stop the film and confront what I believe are attempts to tarnish (damage) my reputation through legal coercion or legal blackmail.
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please call National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential assistance.
If you or someone you know has been sexually abused, reach out National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).
