A Los Angeles County judge has granted Annemarie Wiley a three-year domestic violence restraining order against her estranged husband, former NFL defensive end and sports commentator Marcellus Wiley, and awarded her sole legal and physical custody of the couple’s three children.
The ruling, issued Wednesday after days of testimony and argument, found that Annemarie Wiley “has met the burden of proof by preponderance of the evidence,” the civil standard used in California restraining-order cases. The order expires at midnight Sept. 9, 2029. The children are covered by the protective order.
Under the terms detailed in court records obtained by TMZ and other outlets, Marcellus Wiley must stay 100 yards from Annemarie Wiley and the children except during specified visits. He is to begin with monitored visits twice on weekdays and once on weekends. After he completes five court-ordered domestic violence classes, those visits may become unmonitored. After 26 classes, the parents may confer on extended parenting time that could include overnights. He may attend the children’s extracurricular events if he remains 20 yards away. The judge also ordered co-parenting counseling and declined to rule on financial issues in that order.
The decision followed a court face-off on Tuesday in which both sides testified and were cross-examined. Annemarie Wiley, 42, a nurse anesthetist and former “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” cast member, first sought a temporary restraining order and filed for divorce on July 6, two days after Marcellus Wiley’s arrest in Orlando, Florida.
In a statement to the New York Post after the ruling, Wiley said he was “grateful for the court’s decision” and welcomed “the opportunity for our family to finally begin healing.” He said his fight “has been about being present in my children’s lives” and that he was “thankful I get to return to that role.” He added that Annemarie “deserves the space to protect her peace,” that the children “deserve the love and presence of both parents,” and that his hope was “healing, peace, and getting our family back to a place where love leads the way.”
The same week the long-term order was granted, Wiley continued promoting a project he founded called the Men Too movement, styled #MenToo and hosted at mentooproject.org, with a companion YouTube channel. He posted links to the site on X on Sept. 9. The project’s site describes it as a “pro-truth, pro-justice, pro-due-process” effort for men who, it says, lose children, income and dignity in courtrooms without a fair chance to be heard. It argues family and related courts often presume men guilty, weaponize children and treat accusations as verdicts. Its slogan: “When Accusations Become Verdicts, Justice Loses.” Another line Wiley has used: “LIES run sprints. TRUTH runs marathons.”
