Former NFL defensive end Marcellus Wiley is behind bars in Orange County, Florida, after being arrested on a domestic battery charge.
The 51-year-old was taken into custody by Orange County sheriff’s deputies on Saturday and is currently being held in jail with no bond. Jail records offered no further details about the circumstances of the arrest.
This latest legal trouble adds to an already troubling series of accusations facing Wiley. Back in May, Rolling Stone published a report detailing that four individuals — including a former production assistant at ESPN — had filed a lawsuit in New York accusing him of sexual assault. According to that same report, three additional people have filed separate lawsuits alleging he raped them while he was a student-athlete at Columbia University in 1994.
In response to those allegations, Wiley shared what he described as a court order dismissing three of the claims on his social media account in May.
Wiley had a decade-long career in the NFL. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the 1997 NFL Draft and spent his first four seasons there. He then moved on to the then-San Diego Chargers, where he played from 2001 to 2003, followed by a single season with the Dallas Cowboys in 2004, and two seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2005 to 2006.
Standing 6-foot-4 and weighing 275 pounds, Wiley appeared in 147 games with 79 starts during his career and earned a Pro Bowl selection in 2001. He finished his playing days with 322 tackles, including 47 for loss, along with 44 sacks and five fumble recoveries.
Following his retirement from professional football, Wiley went on to work in sports media, holding various roles at both ESPN and Fox Sports.
