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04/14 14:34 CDT Ex-Michigan coach Sherrone Moore gets probation for
misdemeanors that followed his firing
Ex-Michigan coach Sherrone Moore gets probation for misdemeanors that followed
his firing
By LARRY LAGE and ED WHITE
Associated Press
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) --- Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was
placed on probation Tuesday for 18 months for a confrontation with his
executive assistant soon after he was fired for having an inappropriate
relationship with her.
Moore was facing a possible sentence of up to six months in jail after pleading
no contest to trespassing and malicious use of a telecom device. But Judge J.
Cedric Simpson ordered no time in custody.
A felony charge of home invasion, as well as stalking and illegal entry
misdemeanors, were dropped.
Moore, 40, was fired on Dec. 10 after leading the Wolverines for two seasons,
following Jim Harbaugh's move to the NFL's Los Angeles Chargers. It was a
stunning dismissal at one of college football's most prestigious programs.
Moore was accused that same day of confronting the woman with whom he had been
having an affair and blaming her for his firing, even threatening to kill
himself with butter knives in her apartment. Authorities said the woman had
ended the affair and spoken to school officials about it.
Moore was charged with felony home invasion and two additional charges. But
Washtenaw County prosecutors agreed to a deal in which he pleaded no contest to
two misdemeanors. The felony charge was dropped.
The agreement came after defense lawyer Ellen Michaels planned to aggressively
challenge how police gathered information to get an arrest warrant.
Moore did not harm himself and was peacefully arrested in a parking lot away
from the woman's apartment.
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White reported from Detroit.
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