ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Former NFL player and sportscaster Marcellus Wiley was arrested in Orange County over the Fourth of July weekend on a charge related to domestic battery, according to jail records.
Deputies responded around just before 5 p.m. on Saturday to the World Center Marriott on World Center Drive.
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According to an arrest affidavit, Wiley’s wife told deputies he had poked her in the cheek the previous morning. She also told deputies she was afraid of him and that he had threatened to kill her.
Wiley, 51, denied any physical altercation took place and showed deputies text messages he said demonstrated the two had been communicating cordially. Deputies also noted no visible injuries and no direct witnesses to the alleged incident, the report states.
Wiley, who played for multiple NFL teams including the Jacksonville Jaguars, had a first appearance Sunday, jail records show. He has since posted bond and been released.