NFL alum and former ESPN host Marcellus Wiley is sued over an alleged rape at Columbia University in 1994: Plaintiff claims Ivy League football star 'forced her face down and took her virginity' in a freshman dorm

Retired NFL defensive lineman and ESPN host Marcellus Wiley is reportedly being accused of raping a student at Columbia University while he attended the Ivy League school in 1994.

Now an Ivy League professor and sociologist, the alleged victim is suing the 48-year-old Wiley in in New York Supreme Court, claiming that he forced himself on her in her freshman dormitory, according to a lawsuit obtained by the New York Post.

The plaintiff, who has not been identified by name, says she lost her virginity as a result of the alleged rape and later attempted suicide.

'[Wiley's] actions were intentionally designed to cause plaintiff severe emotional distress or were taken with reckless disregard of the significant and/or substantial probability of causing plaintiff severe emotional distress,' the lawsuit states.