Marcellus Wiley Hit with Four New Sexual Assault Allegations
*Former NFL standout Marcellus Wiley is facing a growing legal crisis after four new women filed sexual assault allegations against him in court, among them a former production assistant at ESPN, Yahoo Sports reports. Their accounts build on three earlier lawsuits from women who say they were raped by Wiley during his time as a […] The post Marcellus Wiley Hit with Four New Sexual Assault Allegations appeared first on EURweb | Black News, Culture, Entertainment & More.
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*Former NFL standout Marcellus Wiley is facing a growing legal crisis after four new women filed sexual assault allegations against him in court, among them a former production assistant at ESPN, Yahoo Sports reports.
Their accounts build on three earlier lawsuits from women who say they were raped by Wiley during his time as a student athlete at Columbia University three decades ago. The women’s attorney contends that Columbia bears significant responsibility, arguing the university buried complaints against Wiley and allowed him to project an image of “safety, respect, and integrity” that left future victims vulnerable.
One of the most harrowing new accounts comes from a woman who says Wiley first made contact with her when she was 13, following an appearance he made at her school in Buffalo while playing for the Bills. Over the years that followed, she says he drew her in through gifts, game tickets, and access to his home.
“Marcellus Wiley raped me on my 18th birthday, after grooming me from the age of 13,” she wrote in the complaint. “If Columbia had properly pursued the complaints… I would never have been groomed and raped.”
The ESPN staffer alleges that in 2009, Wiley used the pretense of a business meeting to get her alone in a hotel room. “He pushed me up against the windows of the room so hard I thought they would shatter,” she wrote. “I was petrified and believed I was going to be killed.” She added that “the assault was devastating to me, and I will live with the effects to this day.”
Attorney Laura Gentile charges that Columbia masked Wiley’s disciplinary record by attributing his probation to academic performance rather than misconduct, stopped short of a formal suspension, and kept law enforcement entirely out of the picture. A former Columbia accuser says she was told any inquiry into her complaint would be delayed because Wiley “had a big game coming up against Princeton.”
A 2024 legal filing said Wiley “denies the allegations that he sexually assaulted or raped any students of Columbia University.”
A class action certification hearing is scheduled for May 12.
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