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Authorities responded to an incident involving former Michigan coach Sherrone Moore at an apartment owned by his executive assistant, it has come to light. The apartment in question belongs to 32-year-old Paige Shiver.
Moore, who is 39 and has a family, was taken into custody on Wednesday following accusations of assault, which surfaced after he was terminated by Michigan amid allegations of an extramarital affair.
The Ann Arbor apartment became the scene of a 911 call reporting that Moore, reportedly distressed over the loss of his $30 million position, had attacked a woman. The call also described Moore as ‘suicidal’, according to the New York Post.
In police dispatch recordings, an unidentified woman accused Moore of assaulting and stalking her for several months. The dispatcher relayed that Moore allegedly threatened her with a knife, which he subsequently discarded before escaping the scene.
The recordings further indicated that Moore was considered ‘suicidal’ after his job loss, a detail shared by his wife, Kelli.
The call to police was made from Shiver’s Ann Arbor address, according to public records obtained by the Post, but it is currently unclear if she was the victim.
Fired Michigan coach Sherrone Moore was arrested on Wednesday after allegedly attacking a woman with a knife at an apartment in Ann Arbor
The apartment where police were called to reportedly belonged to Moore’s executive assistant and Wolverines staffer, Paige Shiver
After the attack, Moore allegedly fled the scene in a black Chevrolet Tahoe before cops found and detained him roughly an hour later at the Well Church at the corner of Ann Arbor Street and Willis Road.
Earlier on Wednesday, Moore had been fired as Michigan’s head coach over an affair with a staffer. The Wolverines employee has not been publicly identified.
The school announced they had uncovered evidence of ‘an inappropriate relationship with a staffer’ and within hours he was in custody at Washtenaw County Jail after losing his $6million-a-year job.
According to NBC, Michigan had been alerted prior to Wednesday that Moore was dealing with mental health issues, before he was fired as head coach despite HR, a representative or security not being present.
The Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed to Daily Mail that he remains behind bars on Thursday, with charging decisions not expected to be made until he is arraigned.
He is set to appear in court for arraignment on Friday, just under 48 hours after he was detained by police over the alleged assault.
According to ESPN reporter Pete Thamel, the situation with Moore at Michigan had been ‘percolating’ for the last few weeks after he began acting ‘strange’ behind the scenes.
‘There had been a lot of uneasiness on the Michigan staff, sources had told me Sherrone Moore had been acting strange, berating assistant coaches, not acting in a normal way,’ Thamel said Wednesday on SportsCenter.
Moore, pictured with wife Kelli, was taken into police custody hours after he was fired from his job over an ‘inappropriate relationship with a staffer’ as police investigated an alleged assault
Moore has been married to his wife, Kelli, since 2015. They have three daughters together
Thamel claims there was an initial investigation that had calmed towards the end of the regular season, only for it to reignite over the past week.
‘It is rare that you get a statement like the one Michigan had, being as explicit as they are, saying it was an inappropriate relationship with a staff member that led to Sherrone Moore’s firing,’ he added.
Michigan announced Moore’s exit in a damning statement on Wednesday, with athletic director Warde Manuel saying: ‘Following a University investigation, credible evidence was found that Coach Moore engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.
‘This conduct constitutes a clear violation of University policy, and U-M maintains zero tolerance for such behavior.’
After citing cause for firing him due to that ‘clear violation’ of school policy, Michigan will not have to pay Moore his buyout clause.
He went 18-8 in his two seasons as Wolverines head coach, with the team 9-3 this year before his shock firing.