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Marcellus Wiley, the former NFL Pro Bowler and sports broadcaster, was arrested on domestic violence charges on Saturday.
Wiley was arrested by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, court records showed. He is currently being held without bond.
No further details have been released about Wiley’s arrest.
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Former NFL Pro Bowler Marcellus Wiley was arrested and charged with domestic violence during an incident that occurred on the Fourth of July, court records showed. (GETTY PHOTOS)
This arrest of Wiley, 51, comes on the heels of a recent Rolling Stone article that cited allegations of sexual assault by four women in April 2026.
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Wiley was also previously sued by three women for allegedly raping them while at Columbia, where he played his college football. He denied those claims on his “More To It with Marcellus Wiley” podcast and claimed to have evidence to prove what he called “alleged misrepresentations.”
Wiley had also called the allegations while at Columbia “BS”
Wiley’s wife is Annemarie Wiley, who used to star on “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”
The Rolling Stone article notes that two of the women who claim Wiley sexually assaulted them came between 1995-1999.
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 groomed her since she was 13 years old while he played for the Buffalo Bills. She then claims Wiley raped her when she was 18 in Dallas. She claims to have been outed by Wiley when 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 referred to her as ‘little mama’. “If Columbia had pursued the complaints properly… I would never have been groomed and raped.”
Also, a woman who used to be a production assistant at ESPN — Wiley has worked as a broadcaster for ESPN and FOX Sports — alleged that Wiley tricked her into joining him in a hotel room for a work meeting in 2009. But she claims he sexually assaulted her during that time.
“The assault was devastating to me and I will live with the effects to this day,” the fourth woman wrote in a lawsuit, according to Rolling Stone.
Annemarie Wiley (L) 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 Columbia, landing with the Bills, where he would play his first four NFL seasons.
But Wiley earned his first and only Pro Bowl nod in 2001 with the San Diego Chargers, where he would star for three years. He also played with the Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars before his playing career ended after the 2006 season.
