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Former NFL star Marcellus Wiley calls ‘BS’ on allegations he raped Columbia student in 1994

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Former NFL defensive end and ex-Fox Sports commentator Marcellus Wiley denied Wednesday that he raped a fellow Columbia University student in her dorm room — calling the accusations “BS.”

In a lengthy video posted to his YouTube channel, Wiley picked apart his accuser’s allegations and asserted “we did not engage in intercourse.”

The alleged victim — a sociologist with a focus on race and culture — filed a lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court accusing Wiley, 48, of attacking her in the fall of 1994, when he was a sophomore and star running back at Columbia University.

The former Buffalo Bills player admitted that he was “interested” in the alleged victim, who he spent a night with during the fall of 1994 after being invited to her dorm room.

The then-freshman girl claimed in her suit that Wiley ripped off her clothes and “forced her facedown onto the mattress,” where he repeatedly raped her, despite her pleas for him to stop and that she was a virgin.

The encounter left the victim with lifeline mental struggles, including suicide ideology, the lawsuit states. She claims she met other women who had similar experiences with Wiley.

“If you’re a virgin, I am not going to be your first, because I am not looking at it with the same respect, esteem, honor that you should … We did mess around, 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.
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Later in the video, Wiley admitted that the pair “did have sex.”

The former ESPN commentator recalled that the alleged victim started “talking trash” about him on campus, before alleging that she started rumors to cover the “shame” she felt for cheating on her boyfriend with Wiley.

“She felt ashamed to mess with me when she got caught. She didn’t feel ashamed inviting me over … she only felt shame when she knew there was no future with me,” Wiley said.

The NFL star then refuted claims that he was punished by administrators for the alleged rape once his accuser came forward by being placed on academic probation and ordered to complete the Spring 1995 semester from his home in Los Angeles.

Instead, Wiley said he simply studied remotely because of financial issues and because he was planning on red-shirting a year from the team.

The lawsuit alleged that Columbia University administrators tried to protect Wiley from more severe repercussions in order to preserve his budding NFL career.

Wiley claims his accuser invited him to his dorm and that the two had consensual sex.
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“No one was looking out for me like that,” Wiley said.

“Isn’t it interesting that a woman dean told another woman that what she was saying to her didn’t sound like anything? … So the worst college program in America is going to risk it all for me?”

Wiley added that he “fit a stereotype” as a “big black man from Compton,” later saying he would countersue for defamation.

Throughout his defense, Wiley took repeated aim at The Post for spreading what he called “BS.”

Wiley is suspicious that the lawsuit was filed two days before the Adult Survivors Act is set to expire.
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“Big media is reckless and irresponsible to run with any story that is a flat out lie. Everyone should be innocent until proven guilty and, in my case, you know the guilty part ain’t happening,” a glaring text said at the start of the video.

Ultimately, Wiley accused the alleged victim of filing a civil suit in hopes of pursuing monetary gain from a successful athlete and commentator.

The allegations were filed under the Adult Survivors Act — which Wiley called the “Cassie vs. Diddy law” — a New York law that allows alleged sexual abuse victims whose claims are past the statute of limitations to file a civil suit for a one-year period, until Nov. 24.

Wiley said he plans to sue his accuser for defamation.
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“Like any law, like anything, especially when you talk about civil suits, those protections get abused and this is certainly one of them. The statute of limitations for this was extended to November 24. And I think today is November 23,” he said before laughing.

“So y’all know what it is. We all know what it is.”

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