Marcellus Wiley Credit: Fearless with Jason Whitlock

After a former Fox Sports hairstylist filed a bombshell lawsuit against Fox Sports, Skip Bayless, Joy Taylor, Charlie Dixon, and Fox Corp., amongst other defendants, former FS1 host Marcellus Wiley says he’s currently considering taking legal action of his own.

Wiley shared that revelation in an upcoming interview with Jason Whitlock, a preview clip of which was shared on social media Tuesday.

In the 42-page sexual battery lawsuit, which initially came to light via Front Office Sports, hairdresser Noushin Faraji alleged that Speak co-host Joy Taylor had a sexual relationship with Charlie Dixon, executive vice president of content at FS1. One of Dixon’s chief roles is overseeing FS1’s weekday studio lineup. The lawsuit alleges that Dixon made Taylor the host and moderator of Undisputed as a “reward.” It also alleges that Taylor had a sexual encounter with FS1 analyst Emmanuel Acho. In return, Acho, who is not named in the lawsuit, allegedly recommended her for a job on Speak for Yourself (now Speak), a job that she currently holds.

Wiley, who worked for Fox between 2018 and 2022, was a co-host on Speak for Yourself. After he left the company in 2022, the show was rebranded with Taylor and LeSean McCoy joining as new co-hosts (Taylor now co-hosts Speak with Keyshawn Johnson and Paul Pierce).

The former NFL player told Whitlock that he’s being contacted by lawyers who think he has an actionable case related to how his time with FS1 ended.

“People have reached out to me, let me just be real about that. People are coming at me from a lot of different directions, including legally saying, ‘Marcellus, take another look at what you went through,’” said Wiley. “I’m trying to take that look right now. Because I know of the influences that were around me. I know what they offered me. When I say ‘offered,’ I’m being loose with this. Because as you look back on it, you start to realize the first thing they said to me is, ‘We’re not doing that show again. And we’re not doing it with you. So now we want to do something with you, what can that be?’ But that, right there in itself, became a tornado of nothing. We just went around in a bunch of circles to the point where I said, ‘It’s time for me to bet on myself, because I feel like I’m getting the run-around here.’”

Wiley did make it clear he hasn’t decided whether or not he will take legal action yet.

“Lawyers are reaching out to me. Because when they saw me get surprised by the allegations, especially the one about Charlie Dixon, they said, ‘That is actionable.’ Now I’m trying to make sure that everything that I went through, and everything that I read in that article, is actually true. … Look, I’ve been two years removed from it. I didn’t try to burn down Emmanuel Acho, knowing that he was plotting. Joy Taylor? I still see her all the time. I wasn’t trying to burn her down—even though I knew she was plotting. To me, that’s just like going to coach after the game saying, ‘Hey, you know, if you give me the ball, I’ll get more yards.’ But if you bring it from another perspective, that coach is actually doing something on the side, and that’s influencing his decision more than just the production, the numbers, that’s a different conversation.”

Wiley previously discussed the allegations on his podcast Monday, saying that while the details were news to him, it helped him make sense of his situation.

“Unlocking the piece of Charlie. If true, I’m looking at my history and I’m looking at the history of a lot of other talents on that network a lot differently,” he said. “A lot differently in a really bad way… imagine if Charlie is allegedly sleeping with Joy Taylor and Emmanuel Acho and there’s somebody who’s not sleeping with Joy Taylor.

“Let’s just use me, because I’ve known Joy Taylor since she was born, basically… before this lawsuit, I couldn’t make sense of nonsense. But that part right there, the allegation of Joy Taylor sleeping with Charlie Dixon and Emmanuel Acho, versus an example like mine, unlocks a lot.”

Both Taylor and Acho have been on the air at FS1 all week. Neither has commented about the lawsuit or allegations.

“We take these allegations seriously and have no further comment at this time given this pending litigation,” said Fox in a statement to Front Office Sports.

The full episode of Fearless with Jason Whitlock is set to be posted on Wednesday at 11 a.m. EST.

About Sean Keeley

Along with writing for Awful Announcing and The Comeback, Sean is the Editorial Strategy Director for Comeback Media. Previously, he created the Syracuse blog Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician and wrote 'How To Grow An Orange: The Right Way to Brainwash Your Child Into Rooting for Syracuse.' He has also written non-Syracuse-related things for SB Nation, Curbed, and other outlets. He currently lives in Seattle where he is complaining about bagels. Send tips/comments/complaints to sean@thecomeback.com.