Jaguars DT Marcell Dareus Accused Of Sexual Assault

According to News 4 in Jacksonville, Jaguars DT Marcell Dareus is being sued by an unidentified woman, who claims that he sexually assaulted her and exposed her to a sexually transmitted disease.

The civil complaint against Dareus was filed on July 6 in Duval County and accuses him of having sex with her while she was unconscious and without disclosing what she believes was herpes. The lawsuit is seeking over $15,000 in damages.

Dareus and the unidentified woman went on a date in Houston back on April 7 that ended with the two of them spending the night in a hotel. However, the woman woke up the next day and didn’t know what happened the night before. Dareus told her that they had sex.

They met up over the next two days and had sex on multiple occasions before she came down with symptoms and went to see a doctor, who diagnosed her with herpes.

The women’s attorneys accuse Dareus of having unprotected sex with their client “while she was unconscious and therefore without her consent” and later claim that he had consensual sex with her “without informing her that he was carrying a sexually transmitted disease.”

Dareus’ attorney, Steve Weizenecker, News4Jax that he needed to speak with his client before issuing a statement.

It remains to be seen whether a whether a criminal complaint was filed.

Dareus, 28, is a former first-round pick of the Bills back in 2011. He signed a massive seven-year, $103.2 million contract that included $60 million guaranteed with the Bills back in 2015 before being traded to the Jaguars last year for a 2018 sixth-round pick.

Dareus stands to make base salaries of $9.92 million (2018), $8.33 million (2019), $12.35 million (2020) and $1.24 million (2021) over the remainder of the contract.

In 2017, Dareus appeared in 14 games for the Bills and Jaguars and recorded 28 tackles and two sacks.

We’ll have more regarding Dareus as the news is available.