Ex-NFL Player Wiley Faces Assault Lawsuits from 7 Women

Former NFL player and broadcaster Marcellus Wiley faces sexual assault allegations from seven women in ongoing lawsuits filed in New York, with four new accusers joining claims that originated in 2023.

The latest filings, made in April, accuse Wiley of assaults spanning from 1994 to 2009. Three women first sued in 2023 and 2025, alleging rapes in his Columbia University dorm room during his college years. The new accusers include a former ESPN production assistant who claims Wiley lured her to his hotel room in 2009 under the pretense of a work meeting. She alleges he emerged naked from the bathroom, pushed her against the window, forced her onto the bed and masturbated on her despite her pleas to stop. "I was petrified and believed I was going to be killed," she wrote in court papers.

Another accuser claims Wiley groomed her starting at age 13 during his time with the Buffalo Bills in the late 1990s. She alleges he approached her after a middle school visit, provided game tickets and gifts, invited her to his home and flew her to Dallas on her 18th birthday in 2004, when he played for the Cowboys, before raping her. "Marcellus Wiley raped me on my 18th birthday, after grooming...