Former NFL defensive end and former Fox Sports commentator Marcellus Wiley on Wednesday denied raping a fellow Columbia University student in his dorm room, calling the allegations “nonsense.”
In a lengthy video posted to his YouTube channel, Wiley broke down his accuser’s accusations and stated that “we did not have sexual relations.”
The alleged victim, a sociologist specializing in race and culture, filed a lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court accusing Wiley, 48, of attacking her in the fall of 1994, when she was a sophomore and star running back in college. of Columbia.
The former Buffalo Bills player admitted he was “interested” in the alleged victim, with whom he spent a night during the fall of 1994 after being invited to her bedroom.
The then-freshman claimed in her suit that Wiley ripped off her clothes and “forced her to lie face down on the mattress,” where he repeatedly raped her, despite her pleas to stop and that she was a virgin.
The encounter left the victim with vital mental struggles, including the ideology of suicide, the lawsuit states. She claims that she knew other women who had similar experiences with Wiley.
“If you’re a virgin, I’m not going to be the first, because I don’t look at it with the same respect, esteem, honor that you should… We did stupid things, but no vaginal intercourse,” Wiley said in the video response.
Marcellus Wiley denied allegations that he raped a fellow student during his time at Columbia University.Marcellus Wiley/YouTubeåç
Later in the video, Wiley admitted that the couple “had sex.”
The former ESPN commentator recalled that the alleged victim began “talking trash” about him on campus, before alleging that she started rumors to cover up the “shame” she felt for cheating on her boyfriend with Wiley.
“She felt embarrassed to mess with me when she got caught. “She didn’t feel ashamed to invite me…she only felt ashamed when she knew there was no future with me,” Wiley said.
The NFL star later refuted claims that he was punished by administrators for the alleged rape once his accuser came forward when he was placed on academic probation and ordered to complete the spring 1995 semester from his home in Los Angels.
Instead, Wiley said he simply studied remotely due to financial issues and because he planned to redshirt a year after the team.
The lawsuit alleged that Columbia University administrators attempted to protect Wiley from more serious repercussions to preserve his budding NFL career.
Wiley claims that his accuser invited him to her bedroom and that the two had consensual sex. Instagram/@annemariewiley
“No one took care of me like that,” Wiley said.
“Isn’t it interesting that a dean told another woman that what she was saying didn’t make sense to her? …So, the worst college program in America is going to risk everything for me?
Wiley added that he “fit a stereotype” as a “big black man from Compton,” and later said he would file a countersuit for defamation.
Throughout his defense, Wiley repeatedly took aim at the Post for spreading what he called “BS.”
Wiley suspects the lawsuit was filed two days before the Adult Survivors Act expires. Getty Images for ESPN
“The mainstream media is reckless and irresponsible in publishing any story that is an outright lie. “Everyone should be innocent until proven guilty and in my case you know the guilty party doesn’t happen,” read a dazzling text at the beginning of the video.
In the end, Wiley accused the alleged victim of filing a civil lawsuit in hopes of obtaining monetary gain from a successful athlete and commentator.
The charges were brought under the Adult Survivors Act, which Wiley called the “Cassie vs. Diddy,” a New York law that allows alleged victims of sexual abuse whose claims are barred to file a civil lawsuit for a period of one year. period, until November 24.
Wiley said he plans to sue his accuser for defamation. fake images
“Like any law, like anything, especially when you’re talking about civil lawsuits, those protections are abused and this is certainly one of them. The statute of limitations for this was extended until November 24. And I think today is November 23rd,” he said before laughing.
“So you know what it is. “We all know what it is.”
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