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Former NFL player and the husband of former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Star, Marcellus Wiley is currently being accused of raping two women. The 50- year old allegedly raped two women during his time at Columbia University in 1994. He was accused of raping a classmate in a new lawsuit filed earlier this month in the New York Supreme Court. The most recent lawsuit alleges that Wiley raped a woman in his dorm room in late October 1994, while the initial lawsuit from 2023 alleges he raped another woman in her dorm room less than a month later, in November 1994.
A lawsuit filed In early March claims that the plaintiff repeatedly refused Wiley’s advances after he allegedly invited her into his dorm room on October 27, 1994, and shifted the conversation toward sex. The suit, which also lists Columbia University as a defendant, states that Wiley expressed his desire to have sex despite the woman’s continued refusals. According to the allegations, Wiley then became angry, threatened the plaintiff, forcibly moved her legs onto the bed, and overpowered her.
“Wiley pushed plaintiff down on the bed and pulled her clothing aside,” the lawsuit continues. “Wiley held plaintiff down and raped her whispering in her ear the entire time saying to relax, enjoy it, stop crying, and stop fighting the feeling.” The plaintiff also claims she later reported the rape incident to the school administration, however, they told her that her case would not be anonymous and she would be known as, “the girl who destroyed a Black man’s NFL dream.” She is now seeking punitive damages, citing lasting physical, emotional and financial harm.
The unidentified woman’s attorneys allege their client “has been injured physically and emotionally, suffered trauma to her body systems, suffered mental and emotional damage, financial loss, injury to her career and education, all of which injuries will be permanent or have permanent effects, suffered financial loss and which have required and will require in the future, medical care.” Marcellus Wiley has however denied the allegations against him.
