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Sherrone Moore’s attorney told police she allegedly had a “long history of domestic violence” with a University of Michigan staff member who was having an affair with the football coach, according to recent court testimony.
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After Moore was arrested on Dec. 10 over an incident at the employee’s apartment, he allegedly told police that he had an “intimate relationship” with the employee for approximately two years.
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The staffer said she ended contact with Moore on Dec. 8 and that Moore came to her home two days later and entered without permission, a police officer testified.
Sherrone Moore allegedly admitted to authorities after his arrest on Dec. 10 that he had an “intimate relationship for approximately two years” with a University of Michigan staff member who informed the school of their extramarital affair, according to officials’ testimony at a recent hearing.
The embattled former football coach at the school was arrested after police say she had a confrontation with staff at her residence earlier in the day and refused to leave until she called her attorney, Heidi Sharp, according to a copy of the transcript of the Dec. 12 complaint authorization hearing obtained by PEOPLE.
Sharp then placed an emergency dispatch call on her client’s behalf, according to the detective’s testimony. Jessica Welker of the Pittsfield Township Police Department said, “Moore was [her client’s] Go home and attack her. “
The attorney went on to tell the emergency dispatcher, “Moore has been following [her client] for months,” Welker said at the hearing, adding that Sharp later claimed to police when they arrived at the scene that “Moore had a long history of domestic violence. [her client]and he is very dangerous. “
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Sherrone Moore in court on December 12
Welker noted in court that both Sharpe and her client shared their accounts of events on the afternoon of Dec. 10 during interviews with responding police officers at the staff apartment.
According to Welker’s testimony, the staff member told police she had just returned home from a meeting at the school when Moore allegedly showed up at the home unannounced and entered the home without permission.
The worker told authorities that Moore “broke into” her home with “tears in his eyes” and allegedly “grabbed two knives out of a drawer and pointed them at her and said, ‘You’ve ruined my life. You’ve ruined my life,'” Welker said in court.
Welker said Moore allegedly “continued to walk toward her with the knife and push her into the living room” while the staff member tried to call Sharpe.
Welker testified that once she made contact with Sharp, Moore “turned the knife toward herself, pointed the knife at his neck and said he was going to kill himself and she would watch.”
Moore then fled the apartment, but according to Welker, authorities believe he texted the staff member: “I hate you. You have my blood on your hands.”
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Sherrone Moore loses job as Michigan Wolverines head coach on Dec. 10
The staff member told responding officers that she and Moore were in an “intimate relationship,” but that she told him on the morning of Dec. 8 that “she had nothing more to say to him.”
The worker said that over the next two days, Moore called and texted her multiple times and then showed up at her home, according to Welker’s testimony.
Welker said the worker told police at the scene that “she had never been so scared in her life.”
Moore “denied assault” after being arrested by police later that day. [the staffer] and denied threatening her with any weapon,” Welker testified.
Moore was booked into the Washtenaw Correctional Facility on the evening of Dec. 10 and released two days after his initial court appearance.
He was arraigned on one felony and two misdemeanors: third-degree burglary, stalking and burglary. Burglary is a felony charge and stalking and burglary are misdemeanor charges.
If convicted of the burglary charge, Moore could be sentenced to up to five years in prison.
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Moore’s attorney, Joseph Simon, declined to provide any information about his client’s release, which comes with several conditions. The judge ordered that he must wear a GPS tether, continue receiving mental health treatment, and barred him from having any contact with the victim named in the case.
“That means no phone calls, no letters, no video chats, no text messages, no emails, or any other form of contact that the human brain can comprehend,” Washtenaw County Judge Odetalla told Moore on Dec. 12 during Frieda’s trial. “No one in the world thinks this person is going to contact you. If they do — and again, no one thinks they are going to do that — you are not allowed to reply in any form or fashion.” “
Moore will not return to court for more than a month and will return to court for a probable cause hearing on January 22, 2026.
Since the university fired him for cause, he is now unemployed and has lost the $12.3 million guaranteed in his contract for the next three years. It’s unclear whether he can or will challenge that assessment.
Moore also does not currently face any assault charges.
Washtenaw County Assistant Prosecutor Kati Rezmierski argued against Moore’s release during a court hearing, saying, “While I know there is no evidence that he directly threatened the victim with any of the tools I identified, the totality of this conduct was highly threatening and highly intimidating.”
“Your honor, she was scared,” Rezmierski said.
Moore, who has three young daughters with his wife Kelly, has yet to comment on the dismissal or the charges.
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