Former NFL player and “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” cast member Marcellus Wiley is denying allegations of rape in new court filings.
Marcellus has been a topic of conversation since the beginning of July 2026 when his wife, Annemarie Wiley, accused him of physically and sexually assaulting her. He was arrested during the Fourth of July weekend and booked into a Florida jail.
Since then, Marcellus Wiley has been fighting to clear his name, and during his latest court appearance, he said that Annemarie’s claims of r-pe were actually moments of “marital intimacy.”
In new court documents, Marcellus, who played a majority of his career with the Buffalo Bills, fired back at the claims his wife, Annemarie, made about him earlier this month.
“We did not have a perfect marriage. We experienced disagreements, frustrations and periods of marital strain,” he wrote in court documents obtained by Us Weekly. “However, I have never physically abused, sexually assaulted or intentionally harmed my wife at any point during our relationship, either before we were married or during the more than 12 years that we have been husband and wife.”
Annemarie Wiley Claimed Marcellus R-ped Her More Than Once
According to a previous report from The Blast, Annemarie alleged that Marcellus had abused her in more ways than one after his Fourth of July arrest. She said at the time that she had been a victim of Marcellus’ “continuing and escalating pattern of physical violence, sexual abuse, verbal and emotional abuse, financial control and intimidation.”
Responding directly to the claims, Marcellus denied his estranged wife’s allegations and instead categorized them as moments of “marital intimacy.”
“That allegation is completely false. I have never forced, coerced or sexually assaulted my wife,” he said. “Those allegations are profoundly painful to read because they bear no resemblance to the relationship I believed we shared. Until these proceedings were filed, Annemarie and I remained husband and wife living together in the same home with our three children. We had not separated.”
Following his arrest, Annemarie requested that Marcellus have no visitation with their children for the time being. He was ordered to stay 500 feet away from his estranged wife and was barred from using their children to relay messages.
In court, Marcellus said that the loss of contact with his children has been one of the most challenging parts of his and his wife’s ongoing legal woes.
“My children know me as the father who wakes them up for school, prepares them for the day, drives them to school, picks them up each afternoon, coaches their teams, attends their practices and games, helps with homework and spends virtually every afternoon and evening with them,” he said. “That has been their daily routine for years.”
Marcellus Arrested After Allegedly Poking His Wife In The Face
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Marcellus was arrested by Florida police officers earlier this month after Annemarie told them that he allegedly poked her in the cheek during an argument.
She also claimed that the former ESPN employee threatened to k-ll her.
Annemarie told police during the time of Marcellus’ arrest that she planned on divorcing him due to his alleged “unreported history of violence” towards her in the past.
Marcellus was booked into a Florida jail and charged with alleged domestic battery, per The Blast.
Marcellus Has Been Accused Of Misconduct Before
Before his arrest, Marcellus had been accused of more sexual misconduct by four different women. Two of the women claimed Marcellus assaulted them in the ’90s when he was playing football for Columbia University. A third victim alleged that Marcellus r-ped her when she turned 18 after allegedly grooming her since she was a minor. The last victim accused Marcellus of r-ping her after he invited her to his hotel room to allegedly speak about their work as ESPN employees.
Marcellus denied the allegations in a YouTube video, claiming the women were out to ruin his reputation and secure a massive paycheck.
“As they say, assassination by accusation. That’s their goal. They’re trying by lying. They don’t want justice. They want just ice. Money, bling, things,” he said. “For every one of them, I either saw, communicated through email, text, phone, was invited by these individuals after these dates to engage, to be intimate or all the above, after the dates that are in question.”
