{"id":330054,"date":"2026-07-05T17:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/330054\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T17:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:16:09","slug":"former-nfl-star-marcellus-wiley-arrested-in-florida-on-domestic-battery-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/330054\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL Star Marcellus Wiley Arrested in Florida on Domestic Battery Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Former NFL Star Marcellus Wiley<br \/>\n                          Arrested for Alleged Domestic Battery in Florida<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              July 5, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:58 AM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  July 5, 2026<br \/>\n                                9:57 AM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260705_338d42aec03049e0a9a78e8fd99b615d\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:807e9ba5-685c-46b4-af09-f53af3de6b59\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/338d42aec03049e0a9a78e8fd99b615d_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-Marcellus-Wiley-mug-shot-Orange-County-Sheriff's-Office-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former NFL star and longtime sportscaster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/marcellus-wiley\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marcellus Wiley<\/a> was arrested in Florida over the holiday weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sports\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ Sports<\/a> has learned.<\/p>\n<p>According to jail records obtained by TMZ Sports, Wiley was booked into the Orange County Jail on July 4 on a charge of domestic battery.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260705_175dd3557d654dc1959f26df6f94ffc3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:807e9ba5-685c-46b4-af09-f53af3de6b59\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/175dd3557d654dc1959f26df6f94ffc3_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Marcellus-Wiley-getty-3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 51-year-old remained listed in the jail system following the arrest. According to custody records, he is being held without bond. Details surrounding the alleged incident that led to the charge and who was involved were not immediately available.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Wiley has made headlines this year &#8212; in April he was accused of sexual assault by four accusers. In May Wiley denied the allegations on an episode of his podcast, saying, \u201cThey are attempting to leverage lies for personal gain, as they say, assassination by accusation, that\u2019s their goal. They trying by lying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wiley enjoyed a nearly 10-year NFL career after being selected by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the 1997 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>The defensive end also suited up for the San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, and Jacksonville Jaguars, earning a Pro Bowl selection in 2001 after recording a career-high 13 sacks with the Chargers.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260705_69d50ec2faed4aa6b0516f4ab42d19bc\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:807e9ba5-685c-46b4-af09-f53af3de6b59\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/69d50ec2faed4aa6b0516f4ab42d19bc_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Marcellus-Wiley-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following his retirement from football, Wiley transitioned into broadcasting, becoming a familiar face on sports television with stops at ESPN and Fox Sports, where he co-hosted several debate shows.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve reached out to Wiley and his representatives for comment but have not yet heard back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NFL Star Marcellus Wiley Arrested for Alleged Domestic Battery in Florida Published July 5, 2026 5:58 AM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,115,110,1237,10864],"class_list":["post-330054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-tmz-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}