Former ESPN Analyst & ‘RHOBH’ Husband Marcellus Wiley Accused Of Sexual Assault & Rape While At Columbia In 1994

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Marcellus Wiley, a former NFL star and ex-ESPN analyst, has been accused of raping a fellow Columbia University student back in 1994.

The lawsuit filed on Tuesday by an unnamed accuser (read it here) alleges that while Wiley was a sophomore at the private Ivy League school and a running back for the school’s football team, he “sexually assaulted plaintiff, raping her multiple times in her dorm room.” “[Wiley’s] actions were intentionally designed to cause plaintiff severe emotional distress or were taken with reckless disregard of the significant and/or substantial probability of causing plaintiff severe emotional distress,” reads the lawsuit.

The filing states that the victim sought authorities at the university to report the rape but “administrators expressed fondness” for Wiley and doubted her claims suggesting that “the event was a misunderstanding.” RELATED: Daryl Hall Sues John Oates; Granted Restraining Order Against Hall & Oates Bandmate In the claim, Residential Dean Kathleen McDermott allegedly told the victim that Wiley did not rape her because she “was not from America and had therefore misinterpreted defendant’s conduct because ‘people from different cultures interpret things differently.'” However, Columbia administrators assured the victim that they would discipline Wiley but not expel him.

The university would place Wiley on “academic probation” citing “poor grades” and not sexual assault. Over the coming months, other reports surfaced of Wiley assaulting other students but nothing came of it.