Former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Annemarie Wiley filed for divorce from her husband, ex-NFL player and SportsNation co-host Marcellus Wiley, on Monday, claiming she suffered years of physical, sexual and emotional abuse at his hands.
Annemarie, who appeared on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills for one season, said in her legal filing that Marcellus has threatened to kill her in the past. On Saturday, July 4, while the couple and their children were in Orlando for their son’s basketball tournament, she called local police to report an alleged battery incident at their hotel room.
The 42-year-old requested that Marcellus be removed from their room at the Orlando World Center Marriott. In her requested domestic violence restraining order against him, Annemarie claimed her 51-year-old husband “has subjected me to a continuing and escalating pattern of physical violence, sexual abuse, verbal and emotional abuse, financial control, and intimidation.”
According to a police affidavit obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Marcellus told officers at the scene of his arrest that he and Annemarie “have never had any physical violence between them [and] he believed his wife had called deputies to make a report due to her intention to divorce him.” He told officers he “had been taking care of the children” and had not committed any violent acts.
The Orange County sheriff’s deputy who responded said in the report that evidence suggested he did lay his hands on Annemarie against her will. Marcellus was arrested on a domestic violence battery charge, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to THR via email. He was released on July 5 on $1,000 bond and, according to his wife’s filing, attended their 10-year-old son Marcellus Jr.’s basketball game that night. An arraignment hearing is scheduled for Aug. 4.
Annemarie states in her divorce filing that Marcellus has raped her four times, once in 2012 and three other times which occurred in January of this year. She also alleges that in 2014, the year they were married, he “punched me in the face, giving me a black eye and a split lip.”
Annemarie also alleges in the filing that Marcellus “exercised financial control over me … which forced me to empty our children’s savings accounts.”
“Marcellus subjects me to constant criticism, cruel and sarcastic remarks, and intimidation,” she stated. “His verbal and emotional abuse is constant, and his physical abuse occurs approximately once a month, and at times more frequently. I am afraid of Marcellus, and I fear for my own safety and for the safety of our children.”
Multiple women have come forward over the past three years to accuse the former defensive end — who spent 10 seasons in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills, San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars before moving into sports broadcasting — of sexual assault. Three accusations that surfaced in 2023 stem from his time as a star player at Columbia University; in April, four more accusers, including a former ESPN production assistant, came forward to accuse him of sexual assault.
In 2023, Wiley reportedly called the initial claims from his time at Columbia “B.S.” on his YouTube show; in a 2024 court filing, an attorney representing him at the time said Wiley “denies the allegations that he sexually assaulted or raped any students of Columbia University.” In May, he responded to the new allegations publicly on his YouTube show, stating that a trove of text exchanges setting up encounters after the alleged assaults “directly contradicts the narrative that they’re trying to present publicly.”
THR has reached out to a representative for Marcellus Wiley but did not hear back on Tuesday. This story will be updated to add any comments received.
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